Zimet G D
Percept Mot Skills. 1979 Dec;49(3):871-7. doi: 10.2466/pms.1979.49.3.871.
This paper first reviews studies which have investigated the efficacy of using locus of control orientation to predict performance in various modes of biofeedback. However, contradictory evidence and methodological problems make it impossible to draw any conclusions regarding the connection between internality-externality and biofeedback performance. Second, various attempts to modify externality through biofeedback treatment are reviewed. Although EMG feedback can apparently be used to shift locus of control in an internal direction, there are some major issues that need to be resolved. Of primary importance is the fact that the rationale for modifying externality is based on an unproven assumption that externality has a role in the causation of various undesirable behaviors. Also, as no follow-up testing has been done, there is no evidence that the EMG biofeedback causes relatively permanent, stable locus of control changes. If the shifts are only temporary, then its use as a modifier of externality is questionable.
本文首先回顾了一些研究，这些研究调查了利用控制点取向来预测各种生物反馈模式下的表现的功效。然而，相互矛盾的证据和方法上的问题使得无法就内控性-外控性与生物反馈表现之间的联系得出任何结论。其次，回顾了通过生物反馈治疗来改变外控性的各种尝试。尽管肌电图反馈显然可用于使控制点向内转移，但仍有一些重大问题需要解决。最为重要的是，改变外控性的基本原理基于一个未经证实的假设，即外控性在各种不良行为的成因中起作用。此外，由于尚未进行后续测试，没有证据表明肌电图生物反馈会导致相对持久、稳定的控制点变化。如果这种转移只是暂时的，那么将其用作外控性的调节手段就值得怀疑了。
