A study on the locus of control in patients with depression and anxiety
Journal Title: INDIAN JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: The present study was conducted to study the two clinical populations- patients with Depression and Anxiety in the context of their attribution style - locus of control. It is common to have a loss or reduced locus of control in these disorders. Methods: Depression was defined as the diagnostic criteria as stated in the DSM IV-TR manual where as those suffering from anxiety were considered from the following areas with the help of DSM IV –TR-Social Anxiety Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia, Agoraphobia. The sample consisted of two groups of the patients each having 30 participants from various mental health setups like B.Y.L. Nair hospital, G.T. Hospital, L.T.M.C. hospital. One group consisted of patients diagnosed with Depression and the other group was of patients diagnosed with Anxiety. Each of the participants was given the Levenson’s Locus of Control Inventory where only the internal and external scores (summing of Powerful others and chance scale) was considered. Results: The statistical analysis of the External Locus of Control between patients with depression (Means= 48.57; SD= 12.07) and anxiety (Mean= 43.37; SD=7.42)showed statically significant difference. That is, the participants diagnosed with depression from above mentioned sample were higher in measured external locus of control compared to the participants diagnosed with anxiety disorder. On the other hand, there was no significant difference found in Internal Locus of Control between patients with Depression (Mean=21.83; SD=4.84) and Anxiety (Mean= 21.37; SD= 3.28). Conclusion: External locus of control may be significantly impaired in patients with depression when compared to patients with anxiety while internal locus of control may show no difference
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Namrata Joshi
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- EP ID EP249917
- DOI 10.30877/IJMH.3.2.2016.197-201
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