The verbal samples of initial interviews of twenty-nine patients from an outpatient psychiatric clinic were analyzed using the Shapiro Control Content Analysis Scale (SCCAS). Clauses were placed into groupings depending upon agent and object of control, and then analyzed for species, mode, and dimension. As hypothesized, there was a significant species difference between frequency of clauses reflecting fear, loss, and lack of control versus those reflecting having or belief in ability to gain control. However, only some of the hypotheses related to mode and dimensions achieved significance. Control from the SCCAS-species, mode, and dimension-was then correlated with the anxiety and the hostility scales of Gottschalk/Gleser. Nine of twelve hypotheses were either fully or partially confirmed. The article concludes with a discussion of potential refinements and suggestions for further research on the constructs of control and self-control.