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Title: | Does believing in fate facilitate active or avoidant coping? The effects of fate control on coping strategies and mental well-being | Authors: | Wu, WCH Chen, SX Ng, JCK |
Issue Date: | 1-Sep-2020 | Source: | International journal of environmental research and public health, 1 Sept. 2020, v. 17, no. 17, 6383, p. 1-20 | Abstract: | The development of control-related constructs has involved different approaches over time, and yet internal and external locus of control are conceptualized as dichotomous factors influencing active versus avoidant coping strategies. While external control is associated with avoidance, a similar belief construct fate control, which denotes that life events are pre-determined and influenced by external forces but predictable and alterable, challenges the assumption of incompatibility between fate and agency. To develop a dynamic model of control, we suggest that external control would affect avoidant coping, which in turn would affect psychological distress, whereas fate control would affect both active and avoidant coping when dealing with stress. The model was supported among Hong Kong Chinese using a cross-sectional approach in Study 1 (n= 251) and hypothetical stressful scenarios in Study 2 (n= 294). The moderating effect of perceived controllability was observed in coping behaviors using a diary approach in Study 3 (n= 188). Our findings offer an alternative perspective to the dichotomous view of control and provide implications for coping strategies and mental well-being. | Keywords: | Social axioms Fate control Locus of control Coping Mental well-being |
Publisher: | Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) | Journal: | International journal of environmental research and public health | ISSN: | 1661-7827 | EISSN: | 1660-4601 | DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17176383 | Rights: | © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The following publication Wu, W.C.H.; Chen, S.X.; Ng, J.C.K. Does Believing in Fate Facilitate Active or Avoidant Coping? The Effects of Fate Control on Coping Strategies and Mental Well-Being. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 6383 is available at https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176383 |
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