Search results for " locus of control"
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Patients’ health locus of control and preferences about the role that they want to play in the medical decision-making process
2021
Health locus of control (HLOC) may influence people’s behavior regarding their health as well as their desires to be involved in the medical decision-making. Our study aimed to examine HLOC’s relations with people’s control preferences about the medical decision-making. A total of 153 people filled out the self-administered version of the Control Preference Scale and the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale–form C. The most preferred role is the collaborative one. However, HLOC explained heterogeneity in people’s control preferences: lower scores in external HLOC were related to a greater preference for the active and the collaborative role. From the personalized medicine perspect…
The Relation Between Maternal Locus of Control And Coping Styles of Pediatric Leukemia Patients During Treatment
2020
The present study focuses on the relation between coping strategies of children with leukemia during treatment and locus of control of their mothers. In particular, the study aims to determine whether maternal locus of control can influence sick children’s coping styles, and if this relation can be used to predict maladjustments. The study analyzed a cohort of 60 pediatric leukemia patients undergoing treatment and a group formed by their mothers. The participants were recruited from two Pediatric Onco- Hematology Units in Italy. The Child Behavioral Style Scale (CBSS) was used to assess children’s coping strategies, whereas the Parental Health Locus of Control Scale (PHLCS) was employed to…
Locus of control as a mediator of the association between attachment and children’s mental health
2019
Locus of control-the expectation that one is in control of one's outcomes in life-is linked to well-being. The authors explored one of the possible antecedents of locus of control such as secure children's attachment. The hypothesis was that locus of control acts as a mediator of the association between children's attachment and their mental health, in terms of depression, anxiety (internalizing problems), and aggression (externalizing problems). Participants were 206 children with ages ranging from 8 to 14 years. The authors obtained data from teachers as well as by self-report. Structural equations modelling yielded significant results for both a direct path from insecure attachment to in…
Adolescenti affetti da insufficienza renale cronica: impatto dei fattori psicologici e relazionali intervenienti sulla gestione delle cure e sulla qa…
2008
L'insufficienza renale (I.R.C.) è la perdita permanente della funzione renale, causata dalla progressione di una nefropatia ad andamento cronico, o da un danno irreversibile. Questa ricerca intende valutare il ruolo di alcuni elementi centrali nella gestione della patologia, quali: precezione del supporto socio-familiare, locus of control interno/esterno, compliance. metodologia edi ricerca di tipo cross-sectional correlazionale. I risultati evidenziano (tramite R di Pearson) correlazione positiva tra la scala "medici£ del test sul locus of control e la compliance al trattamento. Dallo studio emerge il forte valore dato dai soggetti alle indicazioni dei medici, al supporto dei familiari,ris…
Memory performances and personality traits in mothers of children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
2019
Daniela Smirni*,1, Marco Carotenuto*,2, Francesco Precenzano,2 Pietro Smirni,3 Francesca Felicia Operto,4 Rosa Marotta,5 Michele Roccella11Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; 2Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Department of Mental Health, Physical and Preventive Medicine, Università Degli Studi Della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy; 3Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy; 4Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy; 5Department of Health …
Studio Longitudinale sulle strtegie di adattamento in pazienti sottoposti a dialisi: confronto comparativo tra pazienti in dialisi peritoneale ed emo…
2010
Coping strategies and locus of control in children suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
2013
Introduction The start of the treatment phase of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) diagnosis represents an emotional distress condition for the child (Hildenbrand et al., 2011), which requires to use some resources to manage this condition in an adaptive way, one of these resources is represented of coping strategies. The study focuses on children’s coping strategies according to the model of Miller (1987; Miller et al., 1995), which distinguishes between two specific directions, monitoring and blunting. At the same time, the study presents an innovative aspect focusing on the relationship between coping and locus of control, as well as the possible mirroring between child’s and his mother…
Mobile addiction e prevenzione attraverso il gruppo dei pari
2014
La dipendenza da cellulare, espressione dei profondi cambiamenti economici, sociali e culturali degli ultimi decenni, sta diventando un problema sempre piu diffuso, soprattutto fra gli adolescenti. L’articolo, nella prima parte si sofferma sull’analisi della letteratura relativa alla dipendenza tecnologica, in generale, e alla dipendenza da cellulare, nello specifico; nella seconda parte, presenta una ricerca-intervento che, da un lato, ha avuto l’obiettivo di esaminare la relazione tra fattori cognitivi (locus of control) e fattori emotivi (disregolazione emotiva) nei casi di abuso nell’utilizzo di telefoni cellulari; dall’altro, ha voluto avviare una riflessione circa l’influenza del grup…
Characteristics of regular gamblers in Italy: The role of control and emotion regulation
2016
Objective: the main purpose of this study is to investigate the emotional and temperamental characteristics associated with gambling in Italy and to compare different groups of people on the basis of their risk of gambling: low-risk gamblers, problem gamblers, and pathological gamblers. Particularly, we examined the possible discriminant functions of perception of control, locus of control (whether internal or chance-based; that is, devoted to fate), and emotion-regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression). Method: a total of 251 adult regular gamblers (142 males and 109 females) recruited from different betting and bingo halls completed self-report questionnaire…
Patient Preferences for Lung Cancer Treatments: A Study Protocol for a Preference Survey Using Discrete Choice Experiment and Swing Weighting
2021
Background: Advanced treatment options for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) consist of immunotherapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of both. Decisions surrounding NSCLC can be considered as preference-sensitive because multiple treatments exist that vary in terms of mode of administration, treatment schedules, and benefit–risk profiles. As part of the IMI PREFER project, we developed a protocol for an online preference survey for NSCLC patients exploring differences in preferences according to patient characteristics (preference heterogeneity). Moreover, this study will evaluate and compare the use of two different preference elicitation methods, the discrete choice experiment (DCE) and …