Health locus of control beliefs and healthy survival with AIDS

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 512-517

  Ruffin, Rachel ^a   Ironson, Gail ^a   Fletcher, May Ann ^b   Balbin, Elizabeth ^a   Schneiderman, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Health Locus of Control beliefs; Healthy survival with AIDS; HIV

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SURVIVOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SURVIVORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878381586     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-011-9185-2     Document Type: Article

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