... became evident that a disconcertingly large number of students in Epstein's class on emotions often thought counterproductively about many potentially stressful situations. Included were concerns over failure, love relationships, relationships within the family, concern over what people thought of them, and ambivalent strivings toward independence. Rather than viewing these as problems to be solved ... 1982), Rotter's (1966) Internal-External Locus of Control Scale (I-E scale), the Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ; Sarason, Levine, Basham, & Sarason, 1983), and Scheier and Carver's (198...

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