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It's My World? Exploring Black and White Perceptions of Personal Control

Bruce, Marino A., Thornton, Michael C.·2004·The Sociological Quarterly
DOI 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2004.tb02305.x
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A positive sense of control over one's life is essential for maintaining health and well-being. Those with a strong sense of control believe changes in their social world are responsive to their choices, actions, and efforts. In contrast, a sense of powerlessness or fatalism is on the other end of the continuum. There is little research that explores how race and gender relate to feelings about personal control. To examine their effects on perceptions of personal control, we analyze data from the American Changing Lives Survey, 1986. Controlling for race and gender in the full model led to results that failed to reveal the complexity of relationships when compared with results of analyses among the subgroups. Some key factors distinct for the various groups were, for white men, functional health, positive support from friends and relatives, and having people to share their feelings with; for black men, age and visiting mental health facilities; for white women, visiting medical care facilities, the number of children, tobacco, and having someone to call for help; and, for black women, being involved with organizations (groups, clubs, and churches) and religion. When there are no significant racial or gender differences, examining models simultaneously stratified by race and gender introduced a more dynamic and multidimensional relationship between the control and dependent variables than was previously understood.

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  • Of the nine best studies on R/S and sense of control, four (44%) reported significant positive relationships, three (33%) reported significant negative relationships, and two reported mixed results.

    “Of the nine best studies, four reported significant positive relationships (44%) [101–104] and three report significant negative relationships (33%) [105–107], whereas the two remaining studies reported complex or mixed results (significant positive and negative associations, depending on R/S characteristic).”

    From Religion, Spirituality, and Health: The Research and Clinical Implications (2012) · cites this paper as [103]

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Authors
Bruce, M. A., & Thornton, M. C.
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin System (US)
Corresponding author
Bruce, Marino A.
ORCID
Venue
The Sociological Quarterly
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2004-07-01
Volume
45
Issue
3
Pages
597-612
ISSN
  • 0038-0253 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-8525
DOI
10.1111/j.1533-8525.2004.tb02305.x
OpenAlex
W1931362142
Cited by
59
References
67
Citations by year
2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 9
FWCI
1.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 4079 d)
Locations
Sociological Quarterly (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Wellbeing Research
Keywords
personal control, race, gender, African Americans, White Americans, powerlessness, fatalism, functional health, social support, organizational involvement, tobacco use, health care utilization, age

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