Mental Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC)
Hill & Bale (1980)
Measures this construct
- Mental Health Locus of Control (unresolved)
- Beliefs about control of therapeutic changes (unresolved)
Items
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Reliability & validity
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- Validity
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Items measuring this instrument
Canonical item stems whose source_items[] includes a variant from this instrument. Capped at 10; see the full list via the link below.
e 11 if psychotherapy is like building a house a good therapist should not only give you the tools but should design the house for you
e 13 psychotherapists should tell their patients how to lead a healthy life instead of waiting to see if they find out for themselves
e 14 patients should try hard to accept their therapists opinion as to what is right and wrong
e 18 most patients leaving psychiatric hospitals should be strictly supervised for some period of time
e 2 psychotherapy is for people who cant make it alone and need someone stronger than themselves to lean on
e 20 in group therapy the individuals who benefit most are almost always those who pay most attention to the group leaders
e 23 the aim of anyone who gets into psychotherapy is to seek the advice of an expert and to act on it
e 24 as a general rule psychiatrists should feel ok about making decisions on behalf of their patients
e 27 going to a professional to discuss your problems is better than talking to friends because the advice of a professional is more valuab…
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