title: The context of religiosity, social support and health locus of control: implications for the health-related quality of life of African-American hemodialysis patients.
abstract: Most African-Americans choose hemodialysis as a treatment regimen when diagnosed with renal failure modality. Some researchers suggest that African-American hemodialysis patients' health-related quality of life enables them to cope with and survive this type of difficult renal therapy better than other racial and ethnic groups. This article examines how the sociocultural and social psychological constructs of religiosity, social support and health locus of control, relate to the health-related quality of life for this population group.
authors.affiliation: Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Claudie J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D012944:Social Support; D014481:United States