Locating control: Psychology and the cultural production of 'healthy subject positions'

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 87-100

  Riggs, Damien W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heterosexuality; Locus of control; Men; Subject positions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; EXPERIENCE; HABITUATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 13244259346     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050412331291405     Document Type: Article

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