Virtues and vices of personal control.

Strube, Michael; Hanson, J. Scott; Newman, Laurel C.

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“…Theoretically, these findings point to the validation of Ulrich’s model (1991, 2001), in that control is in fact important to reduce stress, at least to a subset of people; and are in line with previous studies showing that those high in desire for control may have negative reactions to conditions of low control (e.g., Strube et al, 2003), and further that offering enhanced choices to patients who do not want control will not have negative repercussions in terms of increasing reported anxiety (Wallston, 1989).…”

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“…En teoría, estos resultados apuntan a la validación del modelo de Ulrich (1991Ulrich ( , 2001, en tanto que el control es, en efecto, importante para reducir el estrés, cuando menos para un subgrupo de personas, y también están en línea con estudios previos que muestran que las personas con altos niveles de deseo de control pueden tener reacciones negativas en condiciones de falta de control (e.g., Strube et al, 2003), y también confirman que ofrecer mayores posibilidades de elección a pacientes que no desean el control no tiene repercusiones negativas en términos de un aumento del nivel de ansiedad percibido (Wallston, 1989).…”

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“…Mientras que las personas con niveles elevados de deseo de controlar los sucesos cotidianos suelen tener, por lo general, niveles menores de ansiedad, también presentan niveles elevados de reactividad en términos de estrés frente a situaciones de exigencia elevada y bajo control (Strube et al, 2003), y pueden ser más susceptibles a la indefensión aprendida que las personas que tienen menor deseo de control (Burger & Arkin, 1980; Burger & Cooper, 1979). Así pues, se previó que las personas con niveles elevados de deseo de control reaccionarían de manera más intensa (e.g., con la expectativa de sentir mayor ansiedad) a la falta de control sobre el entorno físico que las personas con niveles inferiores de deseo de control.…”

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“…However, the benefits of high desire for control depend on the given environmental characteristics. For example, a high desire for control in situations that are not controllable may have adverse effects (Strube, Hanson, & Newman, 2003). The perspective that effects of the physical environment on human behaviour vary according to individual characteristics relates to the theory of person-environment fit or congruence (e.g., Winkel, Saegert, & Evans, 2009).…”

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“…Whereas people high in desire for control over events in their life generally have lower levels of anxiety, they have higher stress reactivity to situations of high demand and low control (Strube et al, 2003), and may be more susceptible to learned helplessness than are people low in this need (Burger & Arkin, 1980; Burger & Cooper, 1979). Thus, it was anticipated that people high in the desire for control would react more strongly (i.e., expect to feel higher anxiety) to a lack of control over the physical environment than would people low in the desire for control.…”

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Who wants control in the hospital room? Environmental control, desirability of control and stress / ¿Quién desea control en la habitación del hospital? Control ambiental, deseo de control y estrés

Andrade

Devlin

2016

Psyecology

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Perceived control is a desirable quality in the healthcare environment to increase patients' well-being. However, recent research has demonstrated that perceived control did not predict stress. Based on the hypothesis that control does not always lead to better adjustment, and that it may depend on whether people want to have control, the aim of the current research was to examine the moderating role of individual differences in terms of desire for control. In an experiment, 150 participants were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. First we measured desirability of control; next we presented a scenario of a hypothetical hospitalization. Perceived control was manipulated by the stated presence or absence of an integrated remote device that allows adjustment of environmental features in the room. Results showed that having control over the room positively predicts stress reduction among people with high desirability for control, whereas among people with low desirability for control this relationship was not significant.

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Section: ¿Quién Desea Control En La Habitación Del Hospital? Control ...unclassified

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Who wants control in the hospital room? Environmental control, desirability of control and stress / ¿Quién desea control en la habitación del hospital? Control ambiental, deseo de control y estrés

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Devlin

2016

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Quality change communication and employee responses to change: an investigation of the moderating effects of individual differences in an experimental setting

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Rafferty²,

Allen³

2013

The Psychology of Organizational Change

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The Stress‐Buffering Effects of Control on Task Satisfaction and Perceived Goal Attainment: An Experimental Study of the Moderating Influence of Desire for Control

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The purpose of the present study was to examine the extent to which Desire for Control (DFC) interacts with experimental manipulations of demand and control, and the consequences of these interactions on task satisfaction and perceived goal attainment (i.e. task performance and task mastery). It was expected that the proposed stress-buffering effects of control would be evident only for individuals high in DFC. Moreover, it was anticipated that control may have a stress-exacerbating effect for those low in DFC. These hypotheses were tested on a sample of 137 first year psychology students who participated in an in-basket activity under low and high conditions of demand and control. Results revealed that the proposed stress-buffering effect of control was found only for those high in DFC and a stress-exacerbating effect of increased control was evident for those low in DFC on task performance and task mastery perceptions. Future research directions and the implications of these findings to applied settings are discussed.Cette recherche avait pour objet de voir dans quelle mesure le besoin de maîtriser la situation (DFC) interagit avec des manipulations expérimentales portant sur les exigences et le contrôle, ainsi que d'observer les conséquences de ces interactions sur la satisfaction liée à la tâche et à la réussite perçue (relative à la performance et à la maîtrise de la tâche). On a fait l'hypothèse que seuls les individus présentant un haut niveau de DFC verraient leur stress atténué par la possibilité de maîtriser la situation. En outre, on pensait que la maîtrise de la situation pouvait accroître le stress de ceux ayant un faible niveau de DFC. Ces hypothèses ont été mises à l'épreuve sur un échantillon de 137 étudiants de première année de psychologie qui subirent un in-basket test dans des conditions de haut et de bas niveaux d'exigence et de contrôle. Les résultats montrent que l'atténuation du stress par la maîtrise de la situation n'existe que pour les hauts niveaux de DFC, alors qu'une maîtrise accrue stimule le stress chez les bas niveaux, aussi bien sur la perception de la performance que sur celle de la domination de la tâche. On propose des orientations pour de futures recherches et l'on réfléchit aux retombées de ces résultats sur la vie pratique.

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Virtues and vices of personal control.

Cited by 4 publications

References 76 publications

Who wants control in the hospital room? Environmental control, desirability of control and stress / ¿Quién desea control en la habitación del hospital? Control ambiental, deseo de control y estrés

Who wants control in the hospital room? Environmental control, desirability of control and stress / ¿Quién desea control en la habitación del hospital? Control ambiental, deseo de control y estrés

Quality change communication and employee responses to change: an investigation of the moderating effects of individual differences in an experimental setting

The Stress‐Buffering Effects of Control on Task Satisfaction and Perceived Goal Attainment: An Experimental Study of the Moderating Influence of Desire for Control

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