Health locus of control and depressive symptoms among adolescents in Alexandria, Egypt.
The aim of this work was to investigate the association of health locus of control with depression among adolescents in Alexandria, Egypt. The tools used were a self-report questionnaire covering demographic data and some factors associated with depression, the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scale and the Child Depression Inventory. Adolescents with low internal health locus of control and high chance external health locus of control were more likely to have depressive symptoms than others in bivariate and multivariate analysis. The study findings demonstrated an association between health locus of control and adolescent depression.
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Department of Research and Studies, Ministry of Health, Oman. afifidr@yahoo.co.uk
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002649:Child Abuse; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012307:Risk Factors; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013332:Student Dropouts; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data