Worldview and health promoting behavior: A causal model

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-179

  Kagee, Ashraf ^a   Dixon, David N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health promotion; SES; Sex; Worldview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0034126940     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005465102002     Document Type: Article

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