Health Locus of Control and Value for Health in Smokers and Nonsmokers

Health Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-182

  Bennett, Paul ^a,b   Moore, Laurence ^b   Norman, Paul ^c   Murphy, Simon ^d   Tudor Smith, Christopher ^e  

^a Gwent Psychol Liaison Psychiat S   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e Health Promotion Wales   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health locus of control; Smoking; Value for health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; WALES;

EID: 0031086511     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.16.2.179     Document Type: Article

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