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Guinn, Bobby; Vincent, Vern; Dugas, Donna; Semper, Tom; Jorgensen, Layne; Nelson, Larry – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2006
Mexican American youth have higher physical inactivity rates than their Black or non-Hispanic White counterparts. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among exercise locus of control, age, present exercise level, weight status, and gender with intention to exercise in a sample of Mexican American youth. The study sample…
Descriptors: Intention, Structural Equation Models, Locus of Control, Body Composition
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Taris, Toon W.; Bok, Inge A. – Early Child Development and Care, 1997
Used structural equation model to explore relationship between parenting style and Dutch young adult offsprings' depression and locus of control. Found that loving, caring parenting styles predicted lower depression levels. A loving, caring upbringing provided by fathers predicted a shift toward an internal locus of control, but a similar…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Fathers, Foreign Countries