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Locus of control and adjustment to chronic haemodialysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Ira B. Poll  and
A. Kaplan De-Nour
Ira B. Poll
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Tel Aviv, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
A. Kaplan De-Nour*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Tel Aviv, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr A. Kaplan De-Nour, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Synopsis

Forty patients on chronic haemodialysis were studied in order to gather information about the relationship of locus of control and adjustment. Negative correlations of high statistical significance were found between locus of control and compliance with the diet, and locus of control and vocational rehabilitation, as well as between locus of control and acceptance of disability. All the findings indicate that patients with internal locus of control adjust and adapt better than those with external locus of control. The number of years on dialysis did not correlate with locus of control. It might be suggested that the shift from internal to external locus of control occurs prior to dialysis in the stage of chronic kidney disease.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 153 - 157
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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