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Toward a more valid and reliable health locus of control scale
Author(s) -
Cooper Douglas,
Fraboni Maryann
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198807)44:4<536::aid-jclp2270440409>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - locus of control , psychology , replicate , construct validity , reliability (semiconductor) , scale (ratio) , test validity , validity , construct (python library) , psychometrics , clinical psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , statistics , computer science , power (physics) , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , programming language
The Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale was administered in conjunction with a back care program offered to staff at a psychiatric hospital ( N = 82). Validity and reliability of the alternate forms were examined, as was the addition of Forms A and B. The factor structure failed to replicate the original multidimensional construct; hence, suggestions are made to return to the earlier internal/external model and to add the alternate forms to increase reliability.