Queen L, Freitag C B
J Psychol. 1978 Jan;98(1st Half):71-4. doi: 10.1080/00223980.1978.9915948.
An attempt was made to find the relationship between locus of control, anxiety, and life satisfaction and to assess the impact of environmental factors upon these variables in two distinct elderly populations (20 nursing home residents and 20 active elderly). It was hypothesized that internality would be positively correlated with low anxiety and high life satisfaction and that the active elderly group would score higher on internality and life satisfaction and lower on anxiety than the nursing home group. Assessment instruments included a revision of Rotter's I-E Scale, questions from certain MMPI scales, and a life satisfaction questionnaire. Results showed significant correlations between the three measures of locus control, anxiety, and life satisfaction in the nursing home group but not in the active elderly group. As predicted, the active elderly were more internal (p less than .05), showed higher life satisfaction (p less than .01), and reported less anxiety (p less than .01) than the nursing home group.
本研究试图探寻控制点、焦虑和生活满意度之间的关系，并评估环境因素对两个不同老年人群（20名养老院居民和20名活跃老年人）这些变量的影响。研究假设，内控性与低焦虑和高生活满意度呈正相关，且活跃老年人组在内控性和生活满意度方面得分高于养老院组，而在焦虑方面得分低于养老院组。评估工具包括Rotter的I-E量表修订版、某些明尼苏达多相人格调查表（MMPI）量表中的问题以及一份生活满意度问卷。结果显示，养老院组中控制点、焦虑和生活满意度这三项测量之间存在显著相关性，而活跃老年人组中则不存在。正如预期的那样，活跃老年人比养老院组更具内控性（p <.05），生活满意度更高（p <.01），且焦虑程度更低（p <.01）。
