TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1984//
TI  - Perceived lack of control over life events: Antecedents and consequences in a discharged patient sample
JO  - Social science research
A1  - Jackson, Mary E.
A1  - Tessler, Richard C.
SP  - 287
EP  - 301
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
N2  - This paper examines perceptions of control over the occurrence of life events among a group of psychiatric patients interviewed at two points in time. First, perceived lack of control is treated as an independent variable affecting psychiatric symptomatology. Results show that, controlling for baseline symptomatology, perceived lack of control is significantly associated with demoralization but random with respect to delusions-hallucinations. Second, when perceived control is treated as a dependent variable results show that variation in how life events are perceived is more a function of the events that occur than of the personal dispositions of individuals. These results are compared with recently reported data from the general population.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0049-089X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0049-089X(84)90016-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -