01464nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260007600042653002500118653001900143653002300162100001600185700001900201700002500220700002300245700001500268700001200283245008400295300001200379490000600391520079700397022001401194020001401208       1999                            d  c07/1999bSociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés10aemotional adjustment10aIllness impact10aControl perception1 aM.A. Pastor1 aS. López-Roig1 aJ. Rodríguez-Marín1 aM. Martín-Aragón1 aM.C. Terol1 aN. Pons00aControl perception, illness impact and emotional adjustment in chronic patients  a299-3110 v53 aOur aim is to determine the relationships and predictive power of several variables related to control perception construct on illness impact and emotional adjustment. We studied 50 Rheumatoid Arthritis out-patients. Regression analysis showed that the two SIP dimensions, Physical and Psychosocial, were predicted by Perceived Health Competence (R2 =.27, t= - 4.14*** and R2 =.14, t= -2.64**, respectively). Internal Locus was a significant predictor of the Anxiety variable (R2 =.16; t= -3.05**). Finally, Generalized Self-efficacy, in a first step, (R2 =.30; t= -3.30**) and Internal Locus, in a second step, (R2 =.39; t= -2.63**) were significant predictors of Depression. But, only control variables were significant predictors of depression when we controlled the illness impact effect.  a1134-7937  a2174-0437