TY - JOUR
T1 - Locus of control and socioeconomic status
T2 - Does internal locus of control reflect real resources and opportunities or personal coping abilities?
AU - Landau, Ruth
PY - 1995/12
Y1 - 1995/12
N2 - The present study attempts to provide answers to the following questions: Does locus of control reflect real opportunities and resources such as higher income and education, or internal strengths and coping abilities? Is it locus of control, socioeconomic status or the interaction between these two variables that affects depression level and life satisfaction? Data was obtained from a stratified random sample of 150 Israeli widows, under the age of 54. Multiple regressional analysis was followed by analysis of variance in order to examine the interaction hypothesis. The results, providing no support for the interaction hypothesis, indicate that both locus of control and socioeconomic status are related to depression and life satisfaction independently, and that locus of control reflects more than socioeconomic resources.
AB - The present study attempts to provide answers to the following questions: Does locus of control reflect real opportunities and resources such as higher income and education, or internal strengths and coping abilities? Is it locus of control, socioeconomic status or the interaction between these two variables that affects depression level and life satisfaction? Data was obtained from a stratified random sample of 150 Israeli widows, under the age of 54. Multiple regressional analysis was followed by analysis of variance in order to examine the interaction hypothesis. The results, providing no support for the interaction hypothesis, indicate that both locus of control and socioeconomic status are related to depression and life satisfaction independently, and that locus of control reflects more than socioeconomic resources.
KW - depression
KW - life satisfaction
KW - locus of control
KW - socioeconomic status
KW - widowhood
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U2 - 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00020-8
DO - 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00020-8
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C2 - 8607040
AN - SCOPUS:0028865549
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 41
SP - 1499
EP - 1505
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
IS - 11
ER -