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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
Parental Locus of Control and Externalizing Behavior Problems among Mexican American Preschoolers
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McCabe, Kristen M.; Goehring, Kelly; Yeh, May; Lau, Anna S. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2008
Research conducted with non-Hispanic Whites indicates that parents of preschoolers with behavioral problems are more likely to have an external locus of control regarding parenting than parents whose preschoolers are free of such problems. However, it is unclear whether such research can be generalized to Mexican American families, especially…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Behavior Problems, Mexican Americans, Hispanic American Students
Locus of Control Differences and Marital Dissatisfaction.
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Doherty, William J. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1981
Studied the relationship between spouses' individual expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcements (locus of control), and their level of marital dissatisfaction. Results indicated that only a marital pattern in which the wife was more external and the husband more internal was associated with marital dissatisfaction. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationship, Locus of Control
Self-Esteem and Sex Differences in Attributional Style: Effect Upon Performance.
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Layden, Mary Anne; Ickes, William J. – 1977
The connection between self-esteem, sex, and attributional style was examined in two studies. Results indicated that for positive events, high self-esteem subjects make more internal attributions than low self-esteem subjects, and for negative events, high self-esteem subjects make fewer internal attributions than low self-esteem subjects. The…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Individual Characteristics
Locus of Control and Student Aims in a High School Setting.
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Zerega, William D., Jr.; And Others
The Rotter Internal-External (I-E) Scale, the Academic Interest Measures-Educational Testing Service (AIMS-ETS) Survey, and a demographic questionnaire were administered to 541 Catholic high school students. Variance analysis revealed that internals were significantly differentiated from externals on 15 AIMS (life goals) in the 31-item AIMS-ETS…
Descriptors: Altruism, Aspiration, Catholic Schools, Comparative Analysis
The Adult Minority Women in the Community College.
Wagner, Mary Lou – 1980
Interviews were conducted with 15 Black and 15 Puerto Rican women students from Brookdale Community College, New Jersey, and with 15 Black and 15 Puerto Rican women not attending college in order to determine: (1) if adult, minority women enrolled in college were more self-directed than those who had not sought further education; (2) the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Blacks, Community Colleges