Locus of control, repression-sensitization, and psychological disorder in chronic pain patients.
Examined the relationship between locus of control and psychological disorder in chronic pain patients controlling for the effects of response sets. Fifty-nine patients with chronic low back pain were given Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control (I-E) scale and the MMPI. Multiple regression analysis showed that the MMPI K, F, and Pt scales produced the most efficient prediction of I-E scores. Response set tendencies to dramatize problems and traits that involve excessive rumination and self-doubt were related to external locus of control.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D001416:Back Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012095:Repression-Sensitization; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications