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Two Promising Measures of Health Education Program Outcomes and Asthmatic Children
Author(s) -
Green Kathy E.,
Kolff Case
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1980.tb08175.x
Subject(s) - psychology , environmental health , health education , medicine , family medicine , nursing , public health
Two measures of health education program outcomes were administered to a group of 50 asthmatic children: the Child's Health Locus of Control Scale and the Piers‐Harris Children's Self Concept Scale. Interest centered on the reliabilities and discriminant validity of these instruments. Results showed high alpha reliabilities for both scales and a low, positive intercorrelation. Mean health locus of control and self‐concept scores for this group were comparable to those of healthy children. These findings may be useful in designing and evaluating health education programs for children with asthma.