title: Hope, locus of control, and quality of health among elder Latina cancer survivors.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of hope and internal locus of control on the health and well-being of older women of Mexican origin who have been diagnosed with cancer. The study was conducted using data from Wave 2 of the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiological Study for the Elderly (H-EPESE), a survey of 3050 Mexican American elders living in five southwestern states. To examine the effects of locus of control and hope on self-reported health, somatization, negative affect, and restriction of activity as dependent variables, we applied multiple regression (OLS) analysis to a sub sample of 109 women who reported having a diagnosis of cancer. We used four models to sequentially assess the effects of control variables, locus of control plus control variables, hope plus control variables, and both locus of control and hope plus control variables on each of the four dependent variables. The results indicated that locus of control was significantly associated only with three of the four dependent variables and hope was significantly associated with more favorable outcomes for each of the dependent variables. Implications for practice and further research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Social Work Department, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85069, USA. diane.farone@asu.edu
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weis Farone
authors.forename: Tanya R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: Suzanne Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Bushfield
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009369:Neoplasms; D011788:Quality of Life; D012044:Regression Analysis; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States