Internal-External Control
"Internal-External Control" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Personality construct referring to an individual's perception of the locus of events as determined internally by his or her own behavior versus fate, luck, or external forces. (ERIC Thesaurus, 1996).
| Descriptor ID |
D007389
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.829.379
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| Concept/Terms |
Internal-External Control- Internal-External Control
- Control, Internal-External
- Controls, Internal-External
- Internal External Control
- Internal-External Controls
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Internal-External Control" by people in Profiles.
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Klepacz LM, Cerino ES, Mogle JA, Hamm JM. Perceived control buffers against variability in day-to-day cognition in midlife and older age. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2026 02 05; 81(3).
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Sollers JJ, Lopez ASM, Edwards CL, Norris JL, Mattassini L, Malibongwe M, Green C, Wood M, Barker CS, Sartor J, Johnson KC, Dennard A, Wax L, Bynum Z, Wax N, Johnson S, Osunkwo I, Sudhakar S, Robinson E, Sollers JJ. Predicting locus of control for health in adults with sickle cell disease via mental health visits. J Natl Med Assoc. 2026 Apr; 118(2):271-275.
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Daniels CL, Ellison CG, Shattuck EC, Sunil TS, Xu X. God Knows Best: Exploring the God Locus of Health Control, Race-Ethnicity, and Risk-Taking and Protective Behaviors Interrelationship in the USA. J Relig Health. 2025 Dec; 64(6):4847-4866.
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Huque ZM, Korenic SA, Ered A, Olino TM, Anglin DM, Ellman LM. Mechanisms mediating ethnoracial discrimination and suspiciousness in Asian, Black, and Hispanic United States college students. Schizophr Res. 2024 09; 271:59-67.
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Thomas JM, Thomas SA, Maxwell D. Bodily Autonomy and Trauma: Understanding the Nature of the Association Between Sexual Trauma, an External Locus of Control, and Depressive Symptoms. Violence Vict. 2024 06 01; 39(2):219-239.
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Trucco EM, Yang S, Yang JJ, Zucker RA, Li R, Buu A. Time-varying Effects of GABRG1 and Maladaptive Peer Behavior on Externalizing Behavior from Childhood to Adulthood: Testing Gene???Environment???Development Effects. J Youth Adolesc. 2020 Jul; 49(7):1351-1364.
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Gordon JR, Malcarne VL, Roesch SC, Roetzheim RG, Wells KJ. Structural Validity and Measurement Invariance of the Pearlin Mastery Scale in Spanish-Speaking Primary Care Patients. Eval Health Prof. 2018 09; 41(3):393-399.
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Rinker DV, Rodriguez LM, Krieger H, Tackett JL, Neighbors C. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Problem Gambling among College Students. J Gambl Stud. 2016 Jun; 32(2):581-90.
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Sadeh N, Wolf EJ, Logue MW, Hayes JP, Stone A, Griffin LM, Schichman SA, Miller MW. EPIGENETIC VARIATION AT SKA2 PREDICTS SUICIDE PHENOTYPES AND INTERNALIZING PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. Depress Anxiety. 2016 Apr; 33(4):308-15.
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Poteat VP, Calzo JP, Yoshikawa H. Promoting Youth Agency Through Dimensions of Gay-Straight Alliance Involvement and Conditions that Maximize Associations. J Youth Adolesc. 2016 Jul; 45(7):1438-51.