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The Association Between Locus of Control and Psychopathology: A Cross-Cohort Comparison Between a UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) and a Japanese (Tokyo Teen Cohort) Cohort

Background: An external locus of control (externality) is associated with poorer psychopathology in individualist cultures, but associations are reported to be weaker in collectivist cultures where an external style is less maladaptive. We investigated the prospective association between externality...

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Autores principales: Sullivan, Sarah, Yamasaki, Syudo, Ando, Shuntaro, Endo, Kaori, Kasai, Kiyoto, Culpin, Iryna, Dardani, Christina, Zammit, Stanley, Nishida, Atsushi
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8096915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33967883
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.600941
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author Sullivan, Sarah
Yamasaki, Syudo
Ando, Shuntaro
Endo, Kaori
Kasai, Kiyoto
Culpin, Iryna
Dardani, Christina
Zammit, Stanley
Nishida, Atsushi
author_facet Sullivan, Sarah
Yamasaki, Syudo
Ando, Shuntaro
Endo, Kaori
Kasai, Kiyoto
Culpin, Iryna
Dardani, Christina
Zammit, Stanley
Nishida, Atsushi
author_sort Sullivan, Sarah
collection PubMed
description Background: An external locus of control (externality) is associated with poorer psychopathology in individualist cultures, but associations are reported to be weaker in collectivist cultures where an external style is less maladaptive. We investigated the prospective association between externality and psychotic-like experiences (PLE) and depressive symptoms (DS) and compared the strength of associations between a UK and a Japanese cohort. Method: Cross-cultural cohort study of a UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) and a Japanese cohort (Tokyo Teen Cohort). Externality was assessed using the Children's Nowicki and Strickland Internal, External Scale and DS using the Short Moods and Feelings Questionnaire in both cohorts, PLE were assessed with the Psychosis-Like Experiences Questionnaire (ALSPAC), and the Adolescent Psychotic-Like Symptom Screener (TTC). Associations were investigated using multivariable regression models and bivariate regression models to compare the strength of associations. Results: Mean externality in both childhood and adolescence was higher in ALSPAC than in the TTC. Childhood externality was associated with PLE in late childhood and adolescence in both cohorts and adolescent externality was associated with PLE in young adulthood in the ALSPAC cohort. There was a more mixed pattern of association between externality and DS scores. There was little evidence of any differences in the strength of associations between externality and different psychopathologies, or between cohorts. In ALSPAC adolescent externality and early adult psychopathology were more strongly associated than childhood externality and adolescent and early adult psychopathology. There was no evidence that change in externality between childhood and adolescence was associated with new onset PLE or DS in early adulthood. Conclusion: An external locus of control is associated with poor mental health regardless of cultural context.
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spelling pubmed-80969152021-05-06 The Association Between Locus of Control and Psychopathology: A Cross-Cohort Comparison Between a UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) and a Japanese (Tokyo Teen Cohort) Cohort Sullivan, Sarah Yamasaki, Syudo Ando, Shuntaro Endo, Kaori Kasai, Kiyoto Culpin, Iryna Dardani, Christina Zammit, Stanley Nishida, Atsushi Front Psychol Psychology Background: An external locus of control (externality) is associated with poorer psychopathology in individualist cultures, but associations are reported to be weaker in collectivist cultures where an external style is less maladaptive. We investigated the prospective association between externality and psychotic-like experiences (PLE) and depressive symptoms (DS) and compared the strength of associations between a UK and a Japanese cohort. Method: Cross-cultural cohort study of a UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) and a Japanese cohort (Tokyo Teen Cohort). Externality was assessed using the Children's Nowicki and Strickland Internal, External Scale and DS using the Short Moods and Feelings Questionnaire in both cohorts, PLE were assessed with the Psychosis-Like Experiences Questionnaire (ALSPAC), and the Adolescent Psychotic-Like Symptom Screener (TTC). Associations were investigated using multivariable regression models and bivariate regression models to compare the strength of associations. Results: Mean externality in both childhood and adolescence was higher in ALSPAC than in the TTC. Childhood externality was associated with PLE in late childhood and adolescence in both cohorts and adolescent externality was associated with PLE in young adulthood in the ALSPAC cohort. There was a more mixed pattern of association between externality and DS scores. There was little evidence of any differences in the strength of associations between externality and different psychopathologies, or between cohorts. In ALSPAC adolescent externality and early adult psychopathology were more strongly associated than childhood externality and adolescent and early adult psychopathology. There was no evidence that change in externality between childhood and adolescence was associated with new onset PLE or DS in early adulthood. Conclusion: An external locus of control is associated with poor mental health regardless of cultural context. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8096915/ /pubmed/33967883 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.600941 Text en Copyright © 2021 Sullivan, Yamasaki, Ando, Endo, Kasai, Culpin, Dardani, Zammit and Nishida. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychology
Sullivan, Sarah
Yamasaki, Syudo
Ando, Shuntaro
Endo, Kaori
Kasai, Kiyoto
Culpin, Iryna
Dardani, Christina
Zammit, Stanley
Nishida, Atsushi
The Association Between Locus of Control and Psychopathology: A Cross-Cohort Comparison Between a UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) and a Japanese (Tokyo Teen Cohort) Cohort
title The Association Between Locus of Control and Psychopathology: A Cross-Cohort Comparison Between a UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) and a Japanese (Tokyo Teen Cohort) Cohort
title_full The Association Between Locus of Control and Psychopathology: A Cross-Cohort Comparison Between a UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) and a Japanese (Tokyo Teen Cohort) Cohort
title_fullStr The Association Between Locus of Control and Psychopathology: A Cross-Cohort Comparison Between a UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) and a Japanese (Tokyo Teen Cohort) Cohort
title_full_unstemmed The Association Between Locus of Control and Psychopathology: A Cross-Cohort Comparison Between a UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) and a Japanese (Tokyo Teen Cohort) Cohort
title_short The Association Between Locus of Control and Psychopathology: A Cross-Cohort Comparison Between a UK (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children) and a Japanese (Tokyo Teen Cohort) Cohort
title_sort association between locus of control and psychopathology: a cross-cohort comparison between a uk (avon longitudinal study of parents and children) and a japanese (tokyo teen cohort) cohort
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8096915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33967883
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.600941
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