title: Toward a more valid and reliable Health Locus of Control Scale.
abstract: The Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale was administered in conjunction with a back care program offered to staff at a psychiatric hospital (N = 82). Validity and reliability of the alternate forms were examined, as was the addition of Forms A and B. The factor structure failed to replicate the original multidimensional construct; hence, suggestions are made to return to the earlier internal/external model and to add the alternate forms to increase reliability.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, North Bay Psychiatric Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fraboni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019567:Back Injuries; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics