Journal of Emergency Health Care
Formerly known as: International Journal of Medical Investigation
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Parchami Borjooei D. The Role of Locus of Control and Mindfulness in Predicting Working Memory in Hospitalized Adolescents. J Emerg Health Care 2026; 15 (1) : 14
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Master of Science in Personality Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Khomeini Shahr Branch, Isfahan.Iran.
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate locus of control and mindfulness in predicting working memory in hospitalized adolescents.
Method: This was a descriptive and correlational study. The statistical population included all adolescents hospitalized in Arak City Hospital. 200 people were selected using a purposive and convenient sampling method. Research data were collected using the Working Memory Test of Dunneman and Carpenter (1980), the Locus of Control Questionnaire (Rutter, 1996), and the Mindfulness Questionnaire (Bayer et al., 2004). Statistical data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), correlation coefficient, and multivariate regression with SPSS-26.
Findings: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between internal and external locus of control, locus of control, and spiritual influences with working memory in adolescents (P<0.05). There is a significant relationship between mindfulness and each of its subscales including observation, description, action with mindfulness, and unconditional acceptance with working memory in hospitalized adolescents (P<0.05). The results of the regression analysis showed that the predictor variables together were able to explain 36% of the changes in working memory.
Conclusion: Locus of control and mindfulness affect people's beliefs and motivation and cause these people to have high working memory. Therefore, working memory can be predicted through these two variables.
Method: This was a descriptive and correlational study. The statistical population included all adolescents hospitalized in Arak City Hospital. 200 people were selected using a purposive and convenient sampling method. Research data were collected using the Working Memory Test of Dunneman and Carpenter (1980), the Locus of Control Questionnaire (Rutter, 1996), and the Mindfulness Questionnaire (Bayer et al., 2004). Statistical data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), correlation coefficient, and multivariate regression with SPSS-26.
Findings: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between internal and external locus of control, locus of control, and spiritual influences with working memory in adolescents (P<0.05). There is a significant relationship between mindfulness and each of its subscales including observation, description, action with mindfulness, and unconditional acceptance with working memory in hospitalized adolescents (P<0.05). The results of the regression analysis showed that the predictor variables together were able to explain 36% of the changes in working memory.
Conclusion: Locus of control and mindfulness affect people's beliefs and motivation and cause these people to have high working memory. Therefore, working memory can be predicted through these two variables.
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