Higher medical morbidity burden is associated with external locus of control

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 751-755

  Henninger, Debra E ^a   Whitson, Heather E ^a   Cohen, Harvey J ^a   Ariely, Dan ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Locus of control; Medical decision making; Multimorbidity; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MORBIDITY; NORTH CAROLINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84859829500     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03904.x     Document Type: Article

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