Measuring health beliefs on the Internet: A comparison of paper and Internet administrations of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 691-702

  Hewson, Claire ^a   Charlton, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646394604     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03192742     Document Type: Article

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