Development of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales

Health Education & Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1978, Pages 160-170

  Wallston, Kenneth A ^a   Wallston, Barbara Strudler ^b   DeVellis, Robert ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0017941653     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019817800600107     Document Type: Article

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