Lima Manuela Polidoro, Moret-Tatay Carmen, Irigaray Tatiana Quarti
Post-Graduate Program in Psychology, School of Health and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
MEB Lab, Faculty of Psychology, San Vicente Mártir Catholic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Clin Psychol Psychother. 2022 Mar;29(2):489-500. doi: 10.1002/cpp.2604. Epub 2021 Jul 19.
To investigate the mediator role of locus of control on the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and the manifestation of depression symptoms in cancer outpatients.
Participants consisted of 220 cancer outpatients (138 women and 82 men), evaluated individually at the hospital waiting room. The measures applied were as follows: The NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI), Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).
The factor structure of NEO-FFI was reexamined. A moderated mediation model was found for the powerful others external locus of control (LOC), depression symptoms and extraversion and conscientiousness traits across sex.
Extraverted individuals can seek for others' support and use their attachments to find someone to guide them; conscientious patients can rely on their physician and follow every rule and orientation demanded, temporarily delegating to others the responsibility for their lives. All these strategies can help to decrease symptoms of depression. The perception of control can be taught, and it may be specifically relevant for mental health and in the performance of health behaviours.
探讨控制点在癌症门诊患者的大五人格特质与抑郁症状表现之间关系中的中介作用。
研究对象为220名癌症门诊患者（138名女性和82名男性），在医院候诊室进行个体评估。所采用的测量工具如下：大五人格量表（NEO-FFI）、多维健康控制点（MHLC）量表以及医院焦虑抑郁量表（HADS）。
重新审视了NEO-FFI的因子结构。发现了一个有调节的中介模型，涉及强大他人外部控制点（LOC）、抑郁症状以及跨性别的外向性和尽责性特质。
外向的个体可以寻求他人的支持，并利用他们的人际关系找到指导自己的人；尽责的患者可以依靠他们的医生，遵守每一项要求的规则和指导，暂时将自己生活的责任委托给他人。所有这些策略都有助于减轻抑郁症状。控制感是可以传授的，并且它可能与心理健康和健康行为的表现特别相关。
