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Desire for Control

Personality, Social and Clinical Perspectives

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Jerry M. Burger

    1. Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, USA

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Part of the book series: The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology (SSSC)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Jerry M. Burger
    Pages 1-9

  3. Measuring Desire for Control

    • Jerry M. Burger
    Pages 11-35

  4. Social Interactions

    • Jerry M. Burger
    Pages 37-62

  5. Social Influence

    • Jerry M. Burger
    Pages 63-79

  6. Achievement Behavior and Intrinsic Motivation

    • Jerry M. Burger
    Pages 81-99

  7. Attributions and Information Processing

    • Jerry M. Burger
    Pages 101-118

  8. Well-Being, Adjustment, and Health

    • Jerry M. Burger
    Pages 119-138

  9. Depression

    • Jerry M. Burger
    Pages 139-153

  10. Gambling Behavior

    • Jerry M. Burger
    Pages 155-169

  11. Conclusions

    • Jerry M. Burger
    Pages 171-180

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 181-196
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About this book

This book is a cumulation of a research program that began in the sum­ mer of 1978, when I was a doctoral student at the University of Missouri. What started as a graduate student' s curiosity about individual differ­ ences in need for personal control led to a personality scale, a few pub­ lications, some additional questions, and additional research. For reasons I no longer recall, I named this personality trait desire for control. One study led to another, and questions by students and colleagues often spurred me to apply desire for control to new areas and new questions. At the same time, researchers around the globe began using the scale and sending me reprints of articles and copies of papers describing work they had done on desire for contro!. In the past decade or so, I have talked or corresponded with dozens of students who have used the scale in their doctoral dissertation and master's thesis research. I have heard of or seen translations of the Desirability of Control Scale into German, Polish, Japanese, and French. There is also a children's version of the scale. I estirnate that there have now been more than a hundred studies conducted on desire for contro!.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, USA

    Jerry M. Burger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Desire for Control

  • Book Subtitle: Personality, Social and Clinical Perspectives

  • Authors: Jerry M. Burger

  • Series Title: The Springer Series in Social Clinical Psychology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9984-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44072-4Published: 30 April 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-9986-6Published: 29 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9984-2Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1568-2528

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 196

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology

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