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Peer reviewedGuinn, Bobby – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1998
Health locus of control was investigated across culture of origin (Mexicanism), mainstream culture (Americanism), and bicultural linguistic-acculturation domains among 424 Mexican-American adolescents. Belief in powerful others' external control was the strongest explanation of locus of control in the culture-of-origin domain; internal control was…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Biculturalism, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedFlack, Ruth; Grayer, Elinor D. – Social Work, 1975
This article describes three consciousness-raising groups for obese women which met to explore what it is like to be fat in a thin-oriented society, to enhance their self-esteem, and to help the women recognize that being fat is one of many choices a person may legitimately make for herself. (Author/EJT)
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Females, Group Counseling, Health
Peer reviewedNonis, Sarath A.; Hudson, Gail I.; Logan, Laddie B.; Ford, Charles W. – Research in Higher Education, 1998
A study investigated the influence of perceived time management, operationalized as perceived control over time, as a coping strategy among 164 college students, and its effect on valued student outcomes. Results indicate lower levels of stress and higher levels of academic performance, problem-solving ability, and health in students perceiving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, College Students, Coping
Download full textReeh, H. Elise; Reilly, Karen J. – 1995
Numerous theories have attempted to explain possible factors relating to an individual's propensity for engaging or failing to engage in preventative health behaviors. The Health Locus of Control (HLOC) is now considered to be an important variable for understanding an individual's likelihood for following health promoting behaviors. This paper…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Health
