Mills J K
Department of Psychology, Lewis University.
J Psychol. 1994 Nov;128(6):667-74. doi: 10.1080/00223980.1994.9921295.
Interpersonal dependency and locus of control orientation were studied in obese and nonobese samples. The Interpersonal Dependency Inventory (Hirschfeld, Klerman, Gough, Barrett, & Korchin, 1977) and the I-E Scale (Rotter, 1966) were administered to 106 obese adults in outpatient treatment for obesity. The I-E Scale was also administered to 97 nonobese control subjects. As predicted, the obese subjects were significantly more internally oriented than has been previously identified in obese populations. These findings challenge currently held assumptions about locus of control in obese groups. Although the obese and nonobese subjects maintained similar overall dependency scores, the obese subjects were more likely to show low levels of autonomy in comparison with the nonobese subjects. Interpersonal dependency and locus of control dimensions associated with obese conditions may serve as useful predictor variables influencing obesity treatment approaches and outcome.
在肥胖和非肥胖样本中研究了人际依赖和控制点取向。对106名接受肥胖门诊治疗的肥胖成年人施测了人际依赖量表（赫希菲尔德、克莱曼、高夫、巴雷特和科尔钦，1977年）和内控-外控量表（罗特，1966年）。还对97名非肥胖对照受试者施测了内控-外控量表。正如预测的那样，肥胖受试者比之前在肥胖人群中所发现的更倾向于内控。这些发现挑战了目前关于肥胖群体控制点的假设。尽管肥胖和非肥胖受试者的总体依赖得分相似，但与非肥胖受试者相比，肥胖受试者更有可能表现出较低的自主性。与肥胖状况相关的人际依赖和控制点维度可能是影响肥胖治疗方法和结果的有用预测变量。
