Appraisal of desire for control over healthcare: Structure, stability, and relation to health locus of control and to the 'big five' personality traits

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 393-408

  Auerbach, Stephen M ^a   Pegg, Phillip O ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare control; Individual differences; Personality traits; Stability; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036327622     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105302007004328     Document Type: Article

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