Life Events, Locus of Control, and Behavioral Problems Among Chinese Adolescents

Overview

Journal J Clin Psychol

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Psychology

Date 2001 Jan 2

PMID 11132571

Citations 36

Authors

X Liu

H Kurita

M Uchiyama

M Okawa

L Liu

D Ma

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Abstract

This study examined associations of life events and locus of control with behavioral problems among 1,365 Chinese adolescents by using the Youth Self-Report (YSR), Adolescent Self-Rating Life Events Checklist (ASLEC), and the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children. Results indicated that the overall prevalence of behavioral and emotional problems was 10.7% (95% CI = 9.9-11.5%). Logistic-regression analyses showed that a total of 13 negative life events mainly coming from academic domain and interpersonal relationships, high life-stress score, and high external locus score significantly increased the risk for behavioral problems. Life stress and locus of control significantly interacted with behavioral problems. These findings support the linkage between stressful life events and psychopathology in a general population of adolescents from mainland China, and demonstrate the stress-moderating effects of locus of control on psychopathology as well.

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