PURPOSE: To define behaviours and to identify psychological, demographic, and @entity302 -related variables associated with high as opposed to low perceived self-control of @entity410 . METHOD: In a semistructured interview, 100 adults with intractable @entity410 were asked about their @entity410 precipitants and attempts at self-control of @entity410 . They also completed four psychological questionnaires. Latent Class Analysis was used to analyse the interview data to create two groups, High Controllers and Low Controllers, who were then compared on demographic, @entity302 , and psychological characteristics. RESULTS: Being able to identify and seeking out low-risk-for- @entity410 situations, avoiding high-risk-for- @entity410 situations, and making attempts at @entity410 inhibition were @entity410 behaviours that discriminated High from Low Controllers. The general probability of being a High Controller was greater than that of being a Low Controller. Perceived high self-control of @entity410 was associated with low chance-health locus of control. For Low Controllers, current age, age at onset of @entity410 , and duration of @entity302 history were related to psychological variables. A significantly higher proportion of the Low Controllers than High Controllers were @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: Many @entity1 with intractable @entity410 do not accept their @entity302 as a condition over which they have no control. Perceived self-control of @entity410 , however, involves a complex interaction between @entity302 and psychological factors, with health locus of control an apparently important discriminator between High and Low Controllers.

High and low perceived self-control of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'people'] @entity410 :: ('MESH:D012640', 'Disease') :: ['seizure', 'seizures'] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['epilepsy']
@entity302 :: (MESH:D004827,Disease) :: ['epileptic seizures']
