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| Self-efficacy, health locus of control and psychological distress in elderly Chinese women with chronic illnesses |
| Author(s) | A M S Wu, C S K Tang, T C Y Kwok |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 8, no 1, January 2004 |
| Pages | pp 21-28 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Older women ; Chronic illness ; Health [elderly] ; Attitude ; Depression ; Stress ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | Findings of this present study of 159 older Chinese women (aged 60-89) did not support the dual health control hypothesis that specifies the balance between internal and external health control beliefs is related to a low level of psychological distress. Correlation results showed that internal health locus of control was linked to general self-efficacy. Results from hierarchical regression analysis indicated that health control beliefs did not interact with general self-efficacy. Instead, these two variables each exerted their main effects of participants' negative mental health status. It was found that psychological distress was best predicted by a low level of general self-efficacy as well as a high level of external health locus of control. Internal health control beliefs did not contribute to the prediction of distress. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040311507 A |
| Classmark | BD: CI: CC: DP: ENR: QNH: 7DR |
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