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Desire for control : personality, social, and clinical perspectives /

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The desire for control is a general personality trait, relevant to many behaviors studied by both social and clinical psychologists. The current volume brings together a tremendous amount of research to provide a more complete picture of the subject. It will be an invaluable resource for the researc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burger, Jerry M.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Plenum Press, [1992]
Series:Plenum series in social/clinical psychology.
Subjects:
Control (Psychology)
Personality Assessment.
Power (Psychology)
Contrôle (Psychologie)
Beheersing.
Identiteit.
Persönlichkeitsbeurteilung.
Kontrollbewusstsein.
Psychologische Diagnostik.
Locus of Control.
Personality assessment.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Measuring desire for control
  • 3. Social intereactions
  • 4. Social influence
  • 5. Achievement behavior and intrinsic motivation
  • 6. Attributions and information processing
  • 7. Well-being, adjustment, and health
  • 8. Depression
  • 9. Gambling behavior
  • 10. conclusions.