Desire for Control Personality, Social and Clinical Perspectives

Desire for Control Personality, Social and Clinical Perspectives / by Jerry M. Burger.

This book is a cumulation of a research program that began in the sum­ mer of 1978, when I was a doctoral student at the University of Missouri. What started as a graduate student' s curiosity about individual differ­ ences in need for personal control led to a personality scale, a few pub­ lic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burger, Jerry M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1992.
Edition:1st ed. 1992.
Series:The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Clinical psychology.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Measuring Desire for Control
  • 3 Social Interactions
  • 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
  • References
  • Author Index.

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