HEALTH VALUE, HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL, AND THE PREDICTION OF HEALTH PROTECTIVE BEHAVIORS

1990 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory L. Weiss ◽  
Daniel L. Larsen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Entire Sample ◽  
Health Value ◽  
Undergraduate College Students

In order to clarify the effects of health locus of control and value placed on participation in health protective behaviors, a questionnaire was formulated that included (a) a 20-item shortened version of the Lau and Ware multidimensional HLC Scale, (b) the 4-item health value index used by Seeman and Seeman, and (c) a 10-item index of health protective behaviors. Interviews were conducted with 213 undergraduate, college students. Results of a multiple regression are presented for the entire sample and separately for those low and high in health value. For the entire sample, health value is a stronger predictor than HLC of participation in HPBs. For the separate equations, a more internal HLC substantially increases participation in HPBs for those high in health value but not for those low in health value. Furthermore, respondents with high health value and internal HLC appear most likely to engage in HPBs.

Enhancement of Health Locus of Control through Biofeedback Training

1995 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. William Chen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Muscle Tension ◽  
Emg Biofeedback ◽  
Biofeedback Training ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Internal Locus Of Control ◽  
Post Test

The effects of electromyographic (EMG) biofeedback training in enhancing health locus of control were examined. 21 college students were randomly assigned to either biofeedback (BF) group or control group (C). Subjects given biofeedback received 8 sessions of biofeedback training in 4 wk. Analysis indicated these subjects exhibited a greater reduction of muscle tension than control subjects at post-test. They also maintained their low muscle tension at a 1-mo. follow-up. Subjects who received biofeedback training also showed somewhat more internal health locus of control scores, but the change was not significant until the follow-up session. Mean internal locus of control scores also improved significantly for these subjects. No significant correlation between changes in EMG and health locus of control was found.

Relationships among Measures of Locus of Control for Black and White Students

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor R. Hall ◽  
Joan Joesting ◽  
Michael J. Woods
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
White Students ◽  
Educational Opportunity ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Black College ◽  
Black College Students ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Black And White

Past research has involved various measures of locus of control. In the present study, Rotter's Internal-External (I-E) Scale, Levenson's Internal, Power, and Chance scales and some items from Coleman's study of equality of educational opportunity were administered to northern white and southern black college students. In general, the relationships between the measures did not vary by race or sex. Multiple regression analyses showed that Rotter's I-E Scale was significantly related to Levenson's Chance and Internal scales; Power did not contribute to the multiple R. The correlations of the Coleman items with the Rotter and Levenson scales were low but in the expected direction.

Effects of Health Locus of Control and Health Value upon EMG Biofeedback Training

1982 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Carlson ◽  
Claude V. Bridges ◽  
Patrick S. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Muscle Tension ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Emg Biofeedback ◽  
Biofeedback Training ◽  
Sigmoid Function ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Health Value ◽  
The Relationship

Subjects who scored highly internal or external on a health locus of control scale and who scored high or low on the value each attached to good health were each given two sessions of frontalis EMG biofeedback training in accordance with a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design. It was predicted that both internality and high health value would be positively associated with ability to control EMG and that these influences would combine additively. The predictions were not supported but a significant interaction between internality and health value was found. This interaction could be explained by assuming that both internality and high health value increased drive which in turn produced greater muscle tension, the relationship between drive and muscle tension being an ascending sigmoid function.

A Study of the Relationship Between Protective Behaviors and Drinking Consequences Among Undergraduate College Students

2004 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Delva ◽  
Michael P Smith ◽  
Richard L Howell ◽  
Dianne F Harrison ◽  
Dina Wilke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Undergraduate College Students ◽  
Drinking Consequences ◽  
The Relationship
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