Spiritual health locus of control and health behaviors in African Americans

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-372

  Debnam, Katrina J ^a   Holt, Cheryl L ^a   Clark, Eddie M ^b   Roth, David L ^c   Foushee, Herman R ^c   Crowther, Martha ^d   Fouad, Mona ^e   Southward, Penny L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Health behaviors; Spiritual health locus of control; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SPIRITUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862013777     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: 19457359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.36.3.7     Document Type: Review

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