PMID- 26821193
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170221
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1465-3966 (Electronic)
IS  - 1354-8506 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 5
DP  - 2016 Jul
TI  - Perceived threat and depression among patients with cancer: the moderating role 
      of health locus of control.
PG  - 601-7
LID - 10.1080/13548506.2016.1140902 [doi]
AB  - Illness perception was found to be a better predictor of psychological outcome 
      among cancer patients than the objective characteristics of illness. The current 
      study explored the association between the perceived threat of illness (a major 
      aspect of illness perception) and depression among cancer patients. We examined 
      the hypothesis that this association will be higher for persons with low External 
      (others) or internal (self) Health Locus of Control (HLC) than for those with 
      high HLC. The study took an exploratory approach regarding the role that 
      different sources of control (external and internal) may assume. Fifty-seven 
      cancer patients completed self-report measures of Perceived Life Threat (PLT), 
      HLC and Depression. The possible moderating role of HLC on the relationship 
      between PLT and Depression was examined. A significant relationship between 
      perceived threat and depression was found only among participants reporting low 
      levels of internal locus of control. The results support the hypothesis that 
      perception of cancer as life threatening is important factor in determining the 
      level of depression among cancer patients. The results also support the 
      differentiation between internal and external HLC and suggest that internal HLC 
      may be more relevant than external HLC in managing perceived threat. Internal 
      locus of control can be interpreted as having a sense of agency and mastery which 
      is important in managing the cognitive perception of the threat of illness. 
      Further research is needed in order to determine the role of external HLC in 
      managing perceived or actual threats.
FAU - Goldzweig, Gil
AU  - Goldzweig G
AD  - a School of Behavioral Sciences , The Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yafo , 
      Tel-Aviv , Israel.
FAU - Hasson-Ohayon, Ilanit
AU  - Hasson-Ohayon I
AD  - b Department of Psychology , Bar-Ilan University , Ramat-Gan , Israel.
FAU - Alon, Shirly
AU  - Alon S
AD  - c Psychological Services , "Meir" Medical Center , Kfar-Saba , Israel.
FAU - Shalit, Efrat
AU  - Shalit E
AD  - a School of Behavioral Sciences , The Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yafo , 
      Tel-Aviv , Israel.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160128
PL  - England
TA  - Psychol Health Med
JT  - Psychology, health & medicine
JID - 9604099
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Attitude to Health
MH  - Depression/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Internal-External Control
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neoplasms/*psychology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Cancer
OT  - Perceived threat
OT  - depression
OT  - health locus of control
OT  - oncology
EDAT- 2016/01/29 06:00
MHDA- 2017/02/22 06:00
CRDT- 2016/01/29 06:00
PHST- 2016/01/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/01/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/02/22 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/13548506.2016.1140902 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychol Health Med. 2016 Jul;21(5):601-7. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2016.1140902. 
      Epub 2016 Jan 28.