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Predicting Health Care Utilization among Latinos: Health Locus of Control Beliefs or Access Factors?
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De Jesus, Maria; Xiao, Chenyang – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
There are two competing research explanations to account for Latinos' underutilization of health services relative to non-Latino Whites in the United States. One hypothesis examines the impact of health locus of control (HLOC) beliefs, while the other focuses on the role of access factors on health care use. To date, the relative strength of…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Access to Health Care, Locus of Control, Beliefs
Psychosocial Factors as Predictors of Mentoring among Nurses in Southwestern Nigeria
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Salami, Samuel O. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the psychosocial factors that predict mentoring among nurses. Design/methodology/approach: This study adopted a survey research design. Questionnaires were used to collect data on self-esteem, locus of control, emotional intelligence and demographic factors from 480 nurses (males 230; females = 250)…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Psychological Patterns, Social Influences, Questionnaires
Short-Term Changes in General and Memory-Specific Control Beliefs and Their Relationship to Cognition in Younger and Older Adults
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Bielak, Allison A. M.; Hultsch, David F.; Levy-Ajzenkopf, Judi; MacDonald, Stuart W. S.; Hunter, Michael A.; Strauss, Esther – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2007
We examined short-term changes in younger and older adults' control beliefs. Participants completed measures of general and memory-specific competence and locus of control on 10 bi-monthly occasions. At each occasion, participants rated their control beliefs prior to and following completion of a battery of cognitive tasks. Exposure to the set of…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Cognitive Ability, Memory, Beliefs
Sex and Experienced Control throughout Adulthood: A Non-Linear Model.
Tiffany, Phyllis G. – 1983
Male and female adults revise their perceptions of control three times in their lives, between the ages of 20 and 65. To investigate the relationship between experienced control in terms of loci of control (internal, external), situations (opposite sex, same sex), and direction (from or over the environment), and the developmental stages of men…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
Outerdirectedness as a Problem-solving Approach in Relation to Developmental Level and Selected Task Variables
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Ruble, Diane N.; Nakamura, Charles Y. – Child Development, 1973
This study examined variables related to problem-solving approaches of young children, using the theoretical framework provided by Zigler and collaborators in their work on outerdirectedness. Four aspects of outerdirectedness were examined: developmental trends, different types of reinforcement, task difficulty, and pride in accomplishment. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Elementary School Students, Expectation
Identifying Approaches toward Behavior Change.
MacMorran, Paula; And Others – 1982
The assumptions individuals make about their personal behaviors have received extensive attention, particularly the concepts of locus of control and self-efficacy. An additional concept, change orientation, refers to assumptions about how to change personal behavior. Approximately 180 subjects ranging from college freshmen to graduate students…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, College Students
Experienced Control in Pre-Adolescent and Adolescent Age Males and Females.
Tiffany, Phyllis G. – 1983
Adolescent determination of behavior can be viewed as the result of perceived locus of control. To investigate adolescent perceptions of control in terms of age, loci of control (internal or external), situations (community and home), and direction of control (from or over the environment), 909 adolescents (345 males, 564 females), aged 11-19,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Behavior Development