The health locus of control
An empirical test
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22944352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Calnan (0000-0002-7239-6898, University of Kent, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 323-330 |
| Publication date | 1987-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Promotion International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/heapro/2.4.323 |
| OpenAlex | W2125791655 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This paper examines empirically the three dimensions of belief about the health locus of control, first by focusing on the sociodemographic characteristics associated with the three dimensions and, second, examining the relationships between these dimensions and cigarette smoking, alcohol use and level of physical exercise. Subjective feelings about health were the major influence on each of the three dimensions, although the powerful other dimension varied most with the social and demographic factors. The relationship between belief and behaviour was only of modest strength, with the level of physical exercise being the only behaviour consistently associated with the dimensions of the health locus of control. The implications of these findings for health education programmes are discussed.
Feeling · Health belief model · Health education · Locus of control · Public health · Social learning theory · Test (biology) · Health and Lifestyle Studies · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Psychology · School Health and Nursing Education · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2023 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |