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Locus of Control and Depression in Students and Psychiatric Outpatients.
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Costello, Elizabeth J. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Examined the relationship among depression, locus of control of reinforcement, and age in psychiatric outpatients and students. Found depression and locus of control highly correlated; age negatively correlated with locus of control and positively with depression. Discusses the possible causal relationship between external locus of control and…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cohort Analysis, College Students