Paine P, Pasquali L, Paulo E de S, Bianchi A L, Solha A C
Department of Public Health, University of Brasilia, Brazil.
Psychol Rep. 1994 Aug;75(1 Pt 1):91-4. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1994.75.1.91.
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.
