Perceptions of Control in Vulnerable Populations

Journal of Social Issues - Tập 47 Số 4 - Trang 1-21 - 1991
Suzanne C. Thompson1,2, Shirlynn Spacapan3,4
1Pomona College
2SUZANNE C. THOMPSON is Associate Professor of Psychology at Pomona College and at The Claremont Graduate School. She received her Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1983. She has done extensive research on the psychological adjustment of stroke patients and their family members, and is currently investigating issues of control and the provision of support for cancer patients.
3Harvey Mudd College
4SHIRLYNN SPACAPAN earned her Ph.D. at the University of Oregon in 1982, and is Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvey Mudd College and at The Claremont Graduate School. She is studying topics at the interface of environmental psychology and organizational behavior, such as perceived control in the workplace and workplace design. She was a 1988 Haynes Foundation Fellow for her work on the social psychology of aging.

Tóm tắt

A lack of control is a critical social issue when it is experienced by individuals who already have little opportunity to exercise control; thus, this journal issue brings together research on a number of vulnerable populations: children, medical patients, lower level employees, and the elderly. Because of the diverse populations to which this concept has been applied, the perceived control literature is diffuse and fragmented. This article covers the positive outcomes associated with a sense of control—emotional well‐being, successful coping with stress, good health, desired behavior changes, and improved performance. It also identifies common themes that cut across work in this area—the conceptualization and measurement of control, threats to control, conditions that determine the effects of control, and interventions to enhance control. Finally, it suggests how this work may be applied to enhance the well‐being of other vulnerable segments of our society.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

Affleck G., 1985, Cognitive adaptations to high‐risk infants: The search for mastery, meaning, and protection from future harm, American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 89, 653

10.1037/0022-3514.53.2.273

10.1037/h0034845

Bandura A., 1977, Self‐efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavior change, Psychological Bulletin, 37, 122

Bandura A., 1982, Psychological perspectives on the self, 3

10.1111/j.1540-4560.1983.tb00144.x

10.1111/j.1540-4560.1981.tb01056.x

Brehm J. W., 1972, Responses to loss of freedom: A theory of psychological reactance.

10.1037/0022-3514.56.2.246

10.1037/0012-1649.26.2.246

10.1037/0033-2909.88.1.82

Cohen S., 1980, Stress and anxiety, 171

Cohen S., 1977, Handbook of medical sociology, 134

10.3758/BF03335331

DeCharms R., 1968, Personal causation.

10.1111/j.1559-1816.1972.tb01266.x

10.1521/jscp.1986.4.3.302

10.1037/0022-3514.34.5.774

Evans G. W., 1981, Environmental stress, Journal of Social Issues, 37

10.1111/j.1540-4560.1981.tb01059.x

Fogas B. S. Freedom D. S. Braver S. L. &Bay R. C.(1989 April).Control as a mediator of stress for children of divorce.Paper presented at Western Psychological Association meeting Reno.

10.1037/0022-3514.46.4.839

Glass D. C., 1972, Urban stress.

10.2307/258338

10.1016/0749-5978(89)90056-3

10.1111/j.1540-4560.1969.tb00605.x

10.2307/3033581

10.1037/h0076546

10.1111/j.1540-4560.1983.tb00138.x

10.1037/0022-3514.37.5.769

10.1086/227593

Krantz D. S., 1980, Advances in environmental psychology, 23

10.1093/geronj/44.1.S4

Kuhl J., 1986, The psychology of aging and control, 1

10.1037/0022-3514.32.2.311

10.1037/0022-3514.34.2.191

10.2466/pr0.1989.64.3.775

10.1037/h0023116

Levi L., 1975, Psychosocial stress: Population, environment, and quality of life.

10.1037/h0076336

10.1016/0005-7967(79)90001-9

10.1037/0022-3514.37.4.608

10.2307/2095107

10.1111/j.2044-8341.1989.tb02824.x

10.1016/0005-7967(85)90172-X

10.1111/j.2044-8260.1989.tb00811.x

10.2307/2136319

10.1016/0277-9536(89)90111-1

10.1037/0882-7974.4.4.415

10.1111/j.1464-0597.1983.tb00901.x

Rodin J., 1986, Aging and health: Effects of the sense of control, Science, 233, 1271, 10.1126/science.3749877

Rodin J., 1986, The psychology of aging and control, 139

Rodin J., 1987, Life‐span perspectives and social psychology, 103

Rodin J., 1980, Advances in environmental psychology: Applications of personal control, 131

10.1037/0022-3514.42.1.5

10.1037/h0092976

Schulz R., 1976, Cognition and social behavior, 135

10.1037/0022-3514.36.11.1194

10.2307/2136641

10.1037/h0026355

Seligman M. E. P., 1975, Helplessness: On depression, development, and death.

Seligman M. E. P., 1979, Choice and perceived control, 345

10.1016/0022-1031(74)90015-8

10.1093/geront/27.2.176

Spacapan S.(1986 August).Perceived control over stressor termination: Main effect or interaction?Paper presented at American Psychological Association meeting Washington DC.

10.1037/0022-3514.45.6.1243

10.1080/00224545.1965.9919655

10.1111/j.1540-4560.1988.tb02082.x

10.1111/j.1540-4560.1979.tb00793.x

10.1037/0003-066X.38.11.1161

10.1037/0022-3514.46.3.489

10.1037/0033-2909.90.1.89

10.1111/j.1559-1816.1990.tb00402.x

Thompson S. C., 1988, The social psychology of health, 69

10.1016/0277-9536(89)90267-0

10.1007/BF02686633

10.1037/h0025562

10.1037/0022-006X.54.6.789

Weisz J. R., 1984, Standing out and standing in. The psychology of control in America and Japan, American Psychologist, 39, 955, 10.1037/0003-066X.39.9.955

10.1159/000272812

10.1037/h0040934

10.1093/jpepsy/12.1.25

10.1016/0306-4603(85)90010-3

Thông tin
Thông tin xuất bản

Journal of Social Issues

Tập 47 Số 4

1-21

Thông tin tác giả