Can Having Internal Locus of Control Insure Against Negative Shocks? Psychological Evidence from Panel Data

Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Powdthavee, Nattavudh

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“…Besides, they present two well-supported resilience factors (Helmreich et al, 2017). For locus of control, however, previous findings concerning a protective function were more inconsistent (e.g., Buddelmeyer & Powdthaveeb, 2017). Thus, the ability to recover from stress, self-efficacy, and optimism on the one hand and internal and external locus of control on the other could load on different factors.…”

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Construct Validity and Population-Based Norms of the German Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)

Kunzler

Chmitorz

Bagusat

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European Journal of Health Psychology

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Abstract. The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) measures the ability to recover from stress. To provide further evidence for construct validity of the German BRS and to determine population-based norms, a large sample (N = 1,128) representative of the German adult population completed a survey including the BRS and instruments measuring perceived stress and the resilience factors optimism, self-efficacy, and locus of control. Confirmatory factor analyses showed best model fit for a five-factor model differentiating the ability to recover from stress from the three resilience factors. On the basis of latent and manifest correlations, convergent and discriminant validity of the BRS were fair to good. Female sex, older age, lower weekly working time, higher perceived stress, lower optimism, and self-efficacy as well as higher external locus of control predicted lower BRS scores, that is, lower ability to recover from stress.

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Construct Validity and Population-Based Norms of the German Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)

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Chmitorz

Bagusat

et al. 2018

European Journal of Health Psychology

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“…We follow previous papers using LOC from HILDA (e.g. Buddelmeyer and Powdthavee, 2016;Cobb-Clark et al, 2014) and use all seven responses to construct our LOC measure. Respondents were asked the extent to which they agree with seven different statements, with possible responses ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree):…”

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Locus of control and marital satisfaction: Couple perspectives using Australian data

Lee

McKinnish

2019

Journal of Economic Psychology

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte.We investigate the effect of own and partner locus of control (LOC) on marital satisfaction using household longitudinal data from Australia. We also examine how the evolution of marital satisfaction over time depends on LOC. LOC indicates whether one believes that one's outcomes are more under personal control (internal LOC) or more under the control of external forces such as luck, fate or powerful others (external LOC). LOC orientation likely affects spouses' perception of marital problems and their willingness to utilize relationship-maintenance strategies when marital problems arise. We find that more internal LOC is associated with higher marital satisfaction and that own LOC matters more for marital satisfaction than spouse's LOC. Couples in which the husband is more externally oriented experience declines in marital satisfaction over time relative to couples in which the husband is more internally oriented. JEL Classification:D1, J12

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“…Hence, blaming fate instead of blaming oneself 'outsources' the responsibility of unemployment and may im- prove current individual well-being. LOC is then not only an explaining factor for the ability to cope with negative events (Buddelmeyer and Powdthavee, 2016), but may act as coping channel itself. Adapting ones own belief is then an active strategy to manage unemployment and social desirability.…”

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Biased by Success and Failure: How Unemployment Shapes Stated Locus of Control

Preuß

Hennecke

2017

SSRN Journal

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SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW Berlin This series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences:

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Can Having Internal Locus of Control Insure Against Negative Shocks? Psychological Evidence from Panel Data

Cited by 31 publications

References 61 publications

Construct Validity and Population-Based Norms of the German Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)

Construct Validity and Population-Based Norms of the German Brief Resilience Scale (BRS)

Locus of control and marital satisfaction: Couple perspectives using Australian data

Biased by Success and Failure: How Unemployment Shapes Stated Locus of Control

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