Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.
Department of Counselling & Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Sep 2;17(17):6383. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176383.
The development of control-related constructs has involved different approaches over time, and yet internal and external locus of control are conceptualized as dichotomous factors influencing active versus avoidant coping strategies. While external control is associated with avoidance, a similar belief construct fate control, which denotes that life events are pre-determined and influenced by external forces but predictable and alterable, challenges the assumption of incompatibility between fate and agency. To develop a dynamic model of control, we suggest that external control would affect avoidant coping, which in turn would affect psychological distress, whereas fate control would affect both active and avoidant coping when dealing with stress. The model was supported among Hong Kong Chinese using a cross-sectional approach in Study 1 ( = 251) and hypothetical stressful scenarios in Study 2 ( = 294). The moderating effect of perceived controllability was observed in coping behaviors using a diary approach in Study 3 ( = 188). Our findings offer an alternative perspective to the dichotomous view of control and provide implications for coping strategies and mental well-being.
控制相关结构的发展随着时间的推移涉及不同的方法，但内部和外部控制源被概念化为影响积极应对与回避应对策略的二分因素。虽然外部控制与回避相关，但类似的信念结构命运控制，即生活事件是预先确定的，受外部力量影响但可预测和可改变，挑战了命运和能动性之间不可兼容的假设。为了开发控制的动态模型，我们认为外部控制会影响回避应对，而回避应对反过来又会影响心理困扰，而命运控制在应对压力时会影响积极应对和回避应对。该模型在香港中国人中得到了支持，研究 1 采用横断面方法（n=251），研究 2 采用假设的应激情景（n=294）。在研究 3 中，采用日记法（n=188）观察到了应对行为的可感知可控性的调节作用。我们的研究结果提供了控制的二分观点的替代视角，并为应对策略和心理健康提供了启示。
