Health hopes and fears for the future in relation to health behavior and current health status

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1509-1518

  McGinty, Heather L ^a,b   Dark Freudeman, Alissa ^a,c   West, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

beliefs; health behavior; perceived control; self efficacy; well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BELIEFS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEIVED CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-EFFICACY; UNITED STATES; WELL-BEING;

BELIEFS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PERCEIVED CONTROL; SELF-EFFICACY; WELL-BEING;

AGED; FEAR; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84888250616     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105312465103     Document Type: Article

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