Events associated with stability and change in adult locus of control orientation over a six-year period.

ABSTRACT: Although locus of control (LOC) has been the focus of thousands of studies we know little about how or if it changes over time and what is associated with change. Our lack of knowledge stems in part from the past use of cross-sectional and not longitudinal methodologies to study small numbers of participants from non-representative populations. The purpose of the present study was to use a longitudinal design with a large representative population to provide relevant information concerning the stability and change of adult LOC. Before the birth of their child, and again six years later, mothers and their partners participating in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) completed LOC tests and structured stressful events surveys. Analyses revealed that stresses experien

SUBMITTER: Nowicki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5818169 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature