1997 年 9 巻 2 号 p. 1-10
The Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scales developed by Wallston et al., were applied to 82 subjects with cerebral vascular accidents with a view to objectively deciding the patients' health locus of control. As a result, an external control tendency was observed. The result of the analysis revealed that no major effect was observed in internality (IHLC) or powerful others (PHLC), while a major effect was observed in chance (CHLC) externality when comparing sex differences or hypercortical dysfunction. There were no observable interactions among any of these factors. From the above findings we concluded that loss of confidence occured from difficulties experienced in their daily lives due to cerebral vascular accidents and that the subjects became more susceptible to incidents and accidents. Also, it is suggested that the sence of health locus of control is not related to lesions in the right and/or left hemisphere but to gender difference and/or hypercortical dysfunction. Therefore, it is necessary to regard hypercortical dysfunction as a vital factor affecting the health locus of control instead of simply regarding it as one of the symptoms. The Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales are useful for evaluating the health locus of control of patients with hypercortical dysfunction.
