Between a rock and a hard place? Locus of control, religious problem-solving and psychological help-seeking
Drawing on a college and community sample, this study utilised hierarchical multiple regression to examine the relative contributions of demographic variables, psychological treatment experience, religious service attendance, locus of control, and religious problem-solving style in predicting attitu...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2011
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Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2011, Volume: 14, Issue: 9, Pages: 855-876 |
Further subjects: | B
Locus of control
B Help-seeking B Religion B problem-solving |
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Summary: | Drawing on a college and community sample, this study utilised hierarchical multiple regression to examine the relative contributions of demographic variables, psychological treatment experience, religious service attendance, locus of control, and religious problem-solving style in predicting attitudes towards psychological help-seeking. Women, those holding a graduate degree, and those with treatment experience held more positive attitudes towards psychological help-seeking. While neither the locus of control nor religious problem-solving scales alone were related to help-seeking, several significant interaction effects were observed. God-centred locus of control was a positive predictor of psychological help-seeking, but only for older participants. Chance locus of control was a negative predictor, but only for graduate degree holders. Last, self-directing religious problem-solving style was a negative predictor, especially for individuals also endorsing a deferring religious problem-solving style. Perhaps the composition of the sample - largely educated, religious African-American women - gives some insight into the complex nature of these results. |
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ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2010.533369 |