The relationship between children's locus of control and their anticipatory anxiety

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-160

  Li, Ho Cheung William ^a   Chung, Oi Kwan Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Academic examination; Anxiety; Chinese children; Culture; Health; Locus of control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 61849149802     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2009.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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