Specifying dysfunctional mismatches between different control dimensions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5266939 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary W Evans (0000-0002-4649-9287, Cornell University, corresponding author), D H Shapiro, Devora Shapiro (0000-0003-4848-6639, University of California, Irvine), Megan A Lewis (0000-0002-1670-9298, University of Colorado Boulder) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 255-273 |
| Publication date | 1993-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1993.tb02478.x |
| OpenAlex | W2004302749 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
Although the dominant paradigm in psychology currently suggests that having control is positive, there is a small literature suggesting that having or seeking control can be negative. In this article we develop a framework for specifying why and when control results in dysfunction. These conditions involve a mismatch between control dimensions of environmental affordances and personal variables of behavioural competencies, control cognitions, and control motivation. We apply this framework to two general sets of mismatches: high environmental affordances/low person control variables; low environmental affordances/high personal control variables. The first set of mismatches directly counters the dominant psychological paradigm because the mismatches specify when greater opportunities for environmental control are dysfunctional. The second set of conditions moves prior research on control to a new level of specificity by precisely demonstrating when low environmental affordances are problematic
Affordance · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Control (management) · Developmental psychology · Dysfunctional family · Set (abstract data type) · Artificial Intelligence · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Mental Health Research Topics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.29 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2020 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |