Locus of control and weight reduction

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-61

  Adolfsson, Birgitta ^a   Andersson, Ingalena ^a   Elofsson, Stig ^b   Rössner, Stephan ^a   Undén, Anna Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Locus of control; Obesity; Weight reduction programme

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; ORIENTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 10044254448     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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