Health locus of control beliefs and socio-economic differences in self-rated health

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-380

  Poortinga, Wouter ^a   Dunstan, Frank D ^b   Fone, David L ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health locus of control; Multilevel modelling; Self rated health; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; WALES;

EID: 41249098796     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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