Abstract
This study extends the body of scholarship on the stress process by comparing levels of depressive symptomatology before and after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 among students enrolled at a university far outside of the areas in which the attacks occurred and by examining the complex interactive relationship between symptoms of depression and the beliefs that one's own actions and chance occurrences can affect health outcomes (health locus of control beliefs). Findings indicate that (a) students who participated in the study after 9/11 reported significantly higher levels of depressive symptomatology and (b) the belief that one's own actions can affect health outcomes was significantly associated with fewer symptoms of depression only among students who also believed that chance can have an impact on health. These findings support Wong and Sroule's model of health locus of control “realism.”
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