Peterson C, Stunkard A J
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
Soc Sci Med. 1989;28(8):819-28. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(89)90111-1.
Personal control is an individual's belief about the degree that he or she can bring about good events and avoid bad events. High personal control is associated with intellectual, emotional, behavioral, and physiological vigor in the face of challenging situations and events; low personal control is associated with maladaptive passivity and poor morale. In this paper, we sketch the roots of the personal control concept and propose a composite theory of personal control. Then we apply this composite theory to health promotion, a field defined by a cluster of techniques without a unifying theory. We believe that the personal control concept can be the cornerstone for a theory of health promotion.
个人掌控力是指个体相信自己能够促成好事发生并避免坏事发生的程度。面对具有挑战性的情况和事件时，高个人掌控力与智力、情感、行为和生理活力相关；低个人掌控力则与适应不良的被动性和低落的士气相关。在本文中，我们概述了个人掌控力概念的根源，并提出了一个个人掌控力的综合理论。然后我们将这一综合理论应用于健康促进领域，该领域由一系列缺乏统一理论的技术所界定。我们认为，个人掌控力概念可以成为健康促进理论的基石。
