A mixed-method approach to sense of coherence, health behaviors, self-efficacy and optimism: Towards the operationalization of positive health attitudes

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 246-252

  Posadzki, Paul ^a   Stockl, Andrea ^a   Musonda, Patrick ^a   Tsouroufli, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health behaviors; Level of optimism; Self efficacy; Sense of coherence; Students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77953987418     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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