While much research has shown that being in a supportive relationship can buffer individuals from both the physical and psychological effects of stressful life events (House, Landis, & Umberson, 1988; Uchino, 2004), research concerning actual support exchanges, specifically receiving support, has been associated with negative effects (Gleason, Iida, Bolger, & Shrout, 2003; Gleason, Iida, Shrout, & Bolger, 2008). Understanding the differential effects of this process on mood and health is the focus of this study. The current paper adds to the existing literature by first, theoretically replicating previously established support transaction patterns and their effects on mood within committed couples and second, investigating the role that personality (i.e., perceived control) plays in moderating the effects of support on mood and health outcomes. In a daily diary study of 78 couples expecting their first child, I investigate the within and between-person associations between control, support, mood, and health. Couples were asked to independently complete three weeks of daily diaries at three different time points (i.e., during their third trimester, infancy, and toddlerhood). With the exception of women in their third trimester of pregnancy, we theoretically replicate previous support patterns and the effects on mood and find both state- and trait- level control to be important in this process such that the greater an individual's sense of control, the more he or she is buffered from negative influence of support transactions. Hypotheses concerning support and health are only partially supported in that receiving support and negative health symptoms are positively associated. / text

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Skillnader mellan förstfödda och senarefödda är ett vanligt undersökningsobjekt, där välkända stereotyper finns. Förstfödda anses vara mer målinriktade, konservativa, ansvarstagande och kravfyllda, medan senarefödda ofta påstås vara tvungna att bryta mönster och är därför mer rebelliska och öppna för nya erfarenheter. Syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka syskonplaceringens påverkan på sättet att attribuera orsakerna till händelser och prestationer. Rotters locus of control-skala användes i en Internetbaserad enkät, till vilken en öppen annonsering nyttjades. Studien använde en inomfamiljsdesign och begränsandes till att omfatta en traditionell kärnfamilj med biologiska föräldrar och enbart helsyskon. Hypotesen att förstfödda oftare än senarefödda styrs av inre locus of control kunde godtas. Resultatet visades i första hand gälla förstfödda män. Resultaten tros till största delen bero på föräldrarnas uppfostringsstil och olika ansvarsfördelning mellan syskon.

The purpose of this study is to design an innovative mechanism for robot dog's legs, including analyzing the existing commercial robot dogs, modeling the characteristic of entity by Pro/Engineer, and simulating the mechanism by Visual Nastran. The leg designed in this study is a five-bar linkage with pantograph mechanism. This leg mechanism has two degrees of freedom. In order to control the motion of legs easily, a method which converts the locus of movement into the control parameters of motor is introduced by analyzing the mechanism of the robot dog's legs. The result of computer simulation shows that the designed mechanism can achieve slow movement smoothly. The gait of the designed legs is based on the motion pictures of a real dog. The movement of legs of the designed robot dog is then simulated by computer program involved Visual Nastran and then compare to that of a real dog.

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between two types of locus of control among a sample of Texas A&M varsity athletes and their frequency of selfreported injury in athletic competition and practice in a 12 month period. Using a webbased survey, 640 varsity athletes were asked to respond to a questionnaire which evaluated Locus of Control type using an adapted version of the Health Locus of Control Scale. Respondents were also asked to self-report their frequency of injury within the past 12 months. Locus of Control was not found to be a significant predictor of athletic injury.

Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 36 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 25-31).

Thesis (M.A.)--Marshall University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 66 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-55).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1987. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-174). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center.

Heidelberg, Univ., Diplomarb., 2001.