The multidimensional health locus of control scale: Psychometric properties and form equivalence

Psychological Reports

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 889-913

  Ross, Thomas P ^a   Ross, Lisa Thomson ^a   Short, Stephen D ^a   Cataldo, Shayla ^a  

^a School of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930987102     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/09.02.PR0.116k29w3     Document Type: Article

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