Multidimensional Health Locus of Control: Comments on the construct and its measurement

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 633-642

  Luszczynska, Aleksandra ^a   Schwarzer, Ralf ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Control beliefs; Health behavior; Health outcomes; Multidimensional Health Locus of Control; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 23944453367     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105305055307     Document Type: Review

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