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dc.contributor.advisorStenning, Walter F.
dc.creatorHeno, Jan Williams
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-21T21:47:22Z
dc.date.available2020-08-21T21:47:22Z
dc.date.issued1976
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-508481
dc.descriptionVita.en
dc.description.abstractDetermination of the relationship of life change, locus of control and field dependence to the onset of illness was the purpose of this study. A sample of 201 men and women university students were divided into four life change, two locus of control and two field dependence groups. They reported their illnesses weekly for eight weeks. Results indicated that individuals who are experiencing high levels of change in their lives tend to have more illnesses than those who are not. The two personality variables, locus of control and field dependence, do not interact between psychosocial stimuli and physiological reactions in such a way that one group has more or fewer illnesses than the other. Life change, locus of control and field dependence do not interact significantly to distinguish different groups as to frequency of illness. Supplemental analyses indicated that a life change measure which elicits the subject's perception of events is more highly related to the number of his illnesses than one which does not. The system of assigning weighted values to the life events was found to be unnecessary.en
dc.format.extentviii, 119 leaves ;en
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThis thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use.en
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dc.subjectEnvironmentally induced diseasesen
dc.subjectStress (Physiology)en
dc.subjectStress (Psychology)en
dc.subjectEducation (Educational Psychology)en
dc.subject.classification1976 Dissertation H517
dc.subject.lcshStress (Physiology)en
dc.subject.lcshStress (Psychology)en
dc.subject.lcshEnvironmentally induced diseasesen
dc.titleThe relationship of psychosocial stressors (life change), locus of control and field dependence to illness susceptibilityen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A&M Universityen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen
dc.type.genredissertationsen
dc.type.materialtexten
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen
dc.publisher.digitalTexas A&M University. Libraries
dc.identifier.oclc2484521


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