scholarly journals Predicting Death Anxiety Based on Health Locus of Control in The Middle-Aged and Elderly

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-224
Author(s):  
Parisa Honarasa ◽  
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Hojatallah Javidi ◽  
Azarmidokht Rezaei ◽  
Majid Barzegar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Middle Aged

scholarly journals The Role of Aging Anxiety, Ageism, and Health Locus of Control on Middle-Aged Adults Health Outcomes and Behaviors

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 607-607
Author(s):  
Hannah Bashian ◽  
Grace Caskie
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Healthy Behaviors ◽  
Aging Anxiety ◽  
Middle Aged Adults ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Abstract Older adults with more ageist attitudes and aging anxiety and who endorse an external health locus of control (HLOC) have poorer mental and physical health and less engagement in healthy behaviors than those who report less ageist attitudes, aging anxiety, and endorse an internal HLOC. However, middle-aged adults have not been examined in this literature. Using Terror Management Theory as a framework, this study examined the relationship of middle-aged adults’ aging anxiety, ageist attitudes, and HLOC with health behaviors and mental and physical health outcomes. 391 middle-aged participants (40-55 years) completed measures of ageist attitudes, aging anxiety, HLOC (Internal, External, and Powerful Other), engagement in health behaviors, mental health, and physical health. The path analysis model demonstrated acceptable fit, χ2(2)=7.794, p=.02, CFI=.99, TLI=.92, RMSEA=.09). For health behaviors, eight of the 10 paths were significant; higher aging anxiety, higher ageist attitudes, and less endorsement of internal HLOC were related to less engagement in healthy behaviors. For mental health and physical health, five of the 10 paths were significant; in general, higher aging anxiety, higher ageist attitudes, and less endorsement of internal HLOC were related to poorer mental and physical health. This study demonstrated that middle-aged adults’ aging anxiety, ageist attitudes, and health locus of control are related to their health behaviors and mental and physical health. Furthermore, higher endorsement of specific forms of ageist attitudes and aging anxiety were related to worse reported mental and physical health and to less engagement in health behaviors. Implications of these findings will be discussed.

Some Antecedents and Personality Correlates of Health Locus of Control

1978 ◽  
Vol 43 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1159-1165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Tolor
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Childhood Illnesses ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
Health Area ◽  
History Of ◽  
Reinforcement Value

The study addressed the question of whether the history of early childhood illnesses and accidents is a determinant of internal-external expectancy in the health area. In addition, it tested the hypotheses that internal health locus of control would be related to good adjustment and to low death anxiety. Ratings of the intensity and frequency of illnesses and accidents experienced during childhood were made by 86 subjects. Subjects were also administered the Health Locus of Control Scale, the Death Anxiety Scale, and the Bell Adjustment Inventory. Female subjects showed a significant relationship between number of reported childhood illnesses and externality in the health area. For males there was a low order, non-significant ( r = .20) trend for adjustment to correlate with internality. Death anxiety was not related to health locus of control. Results were interpreted within the context of differential cultural role expectations for the sexes, the importance of the reinforcement value in predicting area-specific behavior, and by considering different defenses against death anxiety as may affect the performance on the health scale.

Is it always good to feel in control? Extension of worldview and health locus of control

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Samper ◽  
Mary Frances Luce ◽  
Devavrat Purohit
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Health Locus Of Control

Fetal Health Locus of Control Scale

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon M. Labs ◽  
Sandy K. Wurtele
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Health Locus Of Control ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Fetal Health
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