Are Locus of Control and Depression Related?

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
39 inpatients at a private psychiatric hospital were administered the Rotter Locus of Control Scales and the MMPI. External locus of control was compared for groups using multiple definitions of depression. Generally, comparisons did not support the hypothesis that depressed individuals are more external and the direction of the scores suggests the results of any given study may depend on the type of depressed individuals in the samples. The above results, the correlations between locus of control and the MMPI scales, and a review of the literature suggest types or degree of depression may have different dynamics and some types may be related to locus of control while other types of depression are not related to locus of control.