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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 3, 377-385 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/0146167283093008
© 1983 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Expectancies about Control Over Health

Relationship to Desire for Control of Health Care

Kenneth A. Wallston

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Roberta A. Smith

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Joan E. King

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Patricia R. Forsberg

George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Barbara Strudler Wallston

George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Vivian Tong Nagy

Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Los Angeles

Data from four studies of adults are used to address the relationship between expectancies for control of one's health (an outcome) and preference for control of health care (a process). The former is operationalized by the use of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales; the latter by the B and I subscales of the Krantz Health Opinion Survey (KHOS). Descriptive data from the four studies are presented. Significant correlations exist between the B subscale and the PHLC and IHLC scales. Factor analysis of datafrom three of the studies reveals that, along with selected items from other scales, all of the items from both the PHLC scale and the B subscale load on the first factor. Both theoretical and methodological reasons for these findings are discussed.


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