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Locus of control, negative live events and psychopathological symptoms in collectivist adolescents

2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 154; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.paid.2019.109601

1873-3549

Paulo Moreira, João Machado Vaz, Dejan Stevanović, Olayinka Atilola, Katarina Dodig‐Ćurković, Tomislav Franić, Ana Djoric, Nikolina Davidović, Mohamad Avicenna, Isa Multazam Noor, Luís Antônio Monteiro Campos, Adriana Ferreira Paes Ribas, Duško Stupar, Azra Deljković, Laura Alexandra Nussbaum, Abdelaziz Thabet, Dino Ubalde, Petar Petrov, Panos Vostanis, Rajna Knez, Olayinka Atilola, Dejan Stevanović, Mohamad Avicenna, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Tomislav Franić, Rajna Knez, Panos Vostanis, Katarina Dodig‐Ćurković, Nikolina Davidović, Nikšić Ana, Moreira Paulo, Isa Multazam Noor, L. A. Monteiro, Adriana Ferreira Paes Ribas, Duško Stupar, Azra Deljković, Laura Alexandra Nussbaum, Abdelaziz Thabet, Dino Ubalde, Petar Petrov, Oladimeji Olanrewaju, Lotsu Bolanle,

Stress Responses and Cortisol

A current research trend is the identification of psychosocial variables that moderate and/or mediate the association between stressors and psychopathological symptoms. Research has shown Locus of Control (LoC) is a key cognitive component of this psychological process in adolescents from individualist cultures. It is unclear whether this finding can be generalized to collectivist adolescents given that LoC is argued to be a culturally relative construct. The study examined the moderating and mediating effects of LoC on the relationship between negative events and psychopathological symptoms (anxiety and depressive symptoms) in adolescents from collectivist countries (n = 2800). Consistent with prior research, negative life events and external LoC were associated with more psychopathological symptoms. Unlike past studies with samples from individualist countries, the study did not produce clear evidence that LoC moderated or mediated this relationship. Results are discussed in terms of cultural differences in the (un)desirability of external control.