The Impact of Locus of Control towards Depression in Chronic Disease Outpatients

摘要

Chronic illness is a persistent disease which sometimes cannot be cured. This condition directly raises anxiety, worries and even depression to whom suffers from it. Individual who possess internal locus of control tends to believe that their own abilities controlled their own success, while people who has external locus of control believe that others people are responsible for their success. Locus of control (LOC) is defined as someone belief towards a result which is controlled internally or externally. The aim of this research is finding the impact of locus of control towards depression in chronic disease whom go through periods of outpatients. The subject of this research was 100 outpatients whom suffered from chronic disease. The result showed that locus of control has significant impact towards depression in chronic disease patients.