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Desire for control : personality, social, and clinical perspectives

Title
Desire for control : personality, social, and clinical perspectives / Jerry M. Burger.
Author
Burger, Jerry M.
Publication
New York : Plenum Press, ©1992.

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Description
xii, 196 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
Burger, who first named the personality trait desire for control and who developed the Desirability of Control Scale, reports on the recent research related to issues of perceived or desired control and illustrates that individual differences in desire for control play an important role in many social and clinical phenomena. Annotation copyright Bo.
Series Statement
The Plenum series in social/clinical psychology
Uniform Title
Plenum series in social/clinical psychology.
Subject
  • Control (Psychology)
  • Personality assessment
  • Personality Assessment
  • Power, Psychological
  • Personality assessment
  • Kontrollbewusstsein
  • Locus of Control
  • Persönlichkeitsbeurteilung
  • Psychologische Diagnostik
  • Beheersing
  • Identiteit
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-189) and indexes.
Contents
1. Introduction.--2. Measuring desire for control.--3. Social intereactions.--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.
ISBN
  • 0306440725
  • 9780306440724
LCCN
92003423
OCLC
  • ocm25205189
  • 25205189
  • SCSB-1947468
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library