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Locus of control in women with a diagnosis of manic‐depressive psychosis
Author(s) -
BARKER P. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.1994.tb00003.x
Subject(s) - locus of control , mania , psychology , psychosis , normative , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition , bipolar disorder , developmental psychology , philosophy , epistemology
This study reports the evidence of women with a diagnosis of manic‐depressive psychosis, from two standardized locus of control scales: Rotter's Internal‐External scale and Reid & Ware's 3‐Factor Internal‐External Scale. The study compares a patient sample with a ‘normative’ group reported previously in the locus of control literature. A further comparison between subjects with a history of depression only, and subjects with a history of mania and depression, is also reported. Findings suggest that different factors, within the global locus of control construct, each involving a different form of cognitive vulnerability, may be part of the clinical picture of manic‐depressive psychosis. The implications of these findings for nursing intervention are discussed.