title: Psychometric properties of the Brazilian Health Locus of Control Scale.
abstract: Based on social learning theory, the construct of health locus of control has proven valuable in predicting a wide variety of health-related behaviors. In studying this concept among Brazilians, the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale translated into Brazilian Portuguese were investigated in a sample of 280 middle-class persons. Three types of health locus of control were verified, internal, powerful others, and chance. Further refinement of subscales is needed to improve internal consistency reliabilities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, University of Brasilia, Brazil.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paine
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pasquali
authors.forename: E de S
authors.initials: Ede S
authors.lastname: Paulo
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Solha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001938:Brazil; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012938:Social Perception