Health locus of control and health behaviour: Results from a nationally representative survey

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-140

  Grotz, Marlene ^a   Hapke, Ulfert ^b   Lampert, Thomas ^b   Baumeister, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

epidemiology; health behaviour; health locus of control; migrants; risk factors; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79951787269     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2010.521570     Document Type: Article

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