Key result
Perceptual tasks elicited significant heart rate changes in 48 subjects, but these changes did not correlate with locus of control scores.
Why the study?
Does locus of control correlate with heart rate changes induced by perceptual tasks in human subjects?
Cross-Sectional (n=48)
Does locus of control correlate with heart rate changes induced by perceptual tasks in human subjects?
Heart rate changes induced by perceptual tasks do not appear to correlate with locus of control scores.
No support for locus of control predicting perceptual task-induced heart rate changes; leaves open psychological influences on autonomic responses.
The hypothesis was tested that the relationship found in prior research between heart rate changes produced in biofeedback settings and locus of control scores derives from the heart-brain relationship described by the Laceys in 1967, as well as from "expectancies for control." 48 subjects were tested on two perceptual tasks known to elicit changes in heart rate. Significant heart rate changes were observed in response to both tasks, but those changes did not correlate with locus of control as measured by scores on the Rotter I-E Scale and the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale. Explanations for these results are offered.
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Johnson et al. (1985) reported a cross-sectional. Perceptual tasks was evaluated on Correlation between heart rate changes and locus of control. Perceptual tasks elicited significant heart rate changes in 48 subjects, but these changes did not correlate with locus of control scores.
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