The multidimensional health locus of control scales: Testing the factorial structure in sample of African American medical patients

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-198

  O'Hea, Erin L ^a   Bodenlos, Jamie S ^b   Moon, Simon ^a   Grothe, Karen B ^c   Brantley, Phillip J ^d  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Diabetes; Health locus of control; HIV AIDS; Low income

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TESTS; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67651227329     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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