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Locus of control and contraceptive knowledge, attitudes and practice
Author(s) -
Blignault Ilse,
Brown L. B.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1979.tb02534.x
Subject(s) - locus of control , family planning , psychology , birth control , developed country , population , research methodology , social psychology , family medicine , medicine , environmental health
A series of 100 interviews with women attending ante‐natal clinics at two Sydney public hospitals assessed their contraceptive knowledge, attitudes, and practice and locus of personal control (whether they believed they controlled their own lives). Multiple regression analyses showed that locus of control was significantly related to their attitudes to contraception, but not to their contraceptive knowledge or practice. The implications of that finding for family planning programmes and sex education are discussed.