On the replicability and correlates of the parent health locus of control scales

Health Education Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-441

  Kraft, P ^a   Loeb, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030470684     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/11.4.433     Document Type: Article

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