Locus of Control Patterns in Headaches and Chronic Pain

Francisco Javier Cano-García; Luis Rodríguez-Franco; Ana María López-Jiménez

doi:10.1155/2013/424839

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2013)

Locus of Control Patterns in Headaches and Chronic Pain

Francisco Javier Cano-García,
Luis Rodríguez-Franco,
Ana María López-Jiménez

Affiliations

Francisco Javier Cano-García: Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
Luis Rodríguez-Franco: Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatment, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
Ana María López-Jiménez: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/424839
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. e48 – e54

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Locus of control (LOC) is related to the impact of headaches and chronic pain; however, literature evidence regarding LOC is not always consistent. Several authors consider this to be due, in part, to the separate interpretation of LOC factors, during which the interaction among them is ignored. In 1982, Wallston and Wallston proposed eight possible LOC health patterns depending on whether the individual scored high or low in each of three dimensions.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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