Health locus of control and attributions of cause and blame in adjustment to spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 598-602

  Waldron, B ^a   Benson, C ^a   O'Connell, A ^b   Byrne, P ^b   Dooley, B ^a   Burke, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b The National Rehabilitation Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

adjustment; attributions of blame; attributions of cause; health locus of control; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPLICATION STUDY; RESPONSIBILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955469115     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.182     Document Type: Article

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