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Peer reviewedCornelius, Randolph R.; Averill, James R. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
The influence of personal control on reactions to shock differed as a function of the type of control and of the combination of control conditions. Behavioral control in the presence of information (cognitive control) reduced stress, whereas behavioral control in the absence of information augmented stress. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Individual Power, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedEvans, Ronald G. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
Experiments investigate hypothesis that vulnerable self-esteem internals and externals react more defensively to negative intellectual and personality feedback than congruent internals and externals. Suggested that consistently internal view of causation may increase stress in evaluative situations. Discusses implications for understanding…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Congruence (Psychology), Emotional Response, Evaluators
