TY - JOUR AU - Weintraub, Marc Joshua AU - Weisman de Mamani, Amy AU - Tawfik, Saneya H PY - 2016/06/14 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The interplay among locus of control, sub-clinical psychotic symptoms and psychological well-being in whites and ethnic minorities JF - Revista Interamericana de PsicologĂ­a/Interamerican Journal of Psychology JA - RIP/IJP VL - 49 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.30849/rip/ijp.v49i3.45 UR - https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/article/view/45 SP - AB - <p>An external locus of control has largely been associated with worse psychological well-being. In general, patients with schizophrenia demonstrate a more external locus of control compared to non-psychiatric populations. Prior research in schizophrenia also suggests that the relationship between greater psychotic symptoms and decreased psychological well-being is stronger for individuals who endorse a more external locus of control. This relationship has not been tested in a non-clinical population. In an ethnically diverse sample of 420 participants, this study found, in line with hypotheses, that a more external locus of control was negatively associated with psychological well-being. While sub-clinical psychotic symptoms were negatively associated with psychological well-being, locus of control did not moderate the overall relationship between sub-clinical psychosis and psychological well-being as expected. Secondary analyses examined the relationships between sub-clinical psychotic symptoms, locus of control and psychological well-being by ethnicity and suggested that ethnicity moderated the relationship between an external locus of control and decreased well-being. In other words, for minorities there was a relationship between greater external locus of control and decreased well-being, but not for Whites.</p> ER -