Habit-specific locus of control scales for drinking, smoking, and eating

Psychological Reports

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 363-369

  Ludtke, H A ^a   Schneider, H G ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EATING; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030112848     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1996.78.2.363     Document Type: Article

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