Stability in a Measure of Children's Health Locus of Control

Journal of School Health - Tập 59 Số 4 - Trang 161-164 - 1989
Robert W. O’Brien1,2, Patricia J. Bush1,2, Guy S. Parcel3
1Patricia J. Bush, PhD, Professor and Director, Laboratory for Children's Health Promotion, Dept. of Community and Family Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007
2Robert W. O'Brien, PhD, Research Instructor
3Guy S. Parcel, PhD, FASHA, Professor and Director, Center for Health Promotion Research and Development, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, P.O. Box 20186, Houston, TX 77225.

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ABSTRACT: Increased interest in children's health locus of control has precipitated continued examination of the psychometric properties of scales measuring this concept. The Children's Health Locus of Control scale (CHLC) was administered to more than 1,000 urban black students in each of four years across three grade levels: Year 1 ‐ grades four‐six to Year 4 ‐ grades seven‐nine. Factor analyses revealed five factors forming scales with acceptable reliability at each year. Students' beliefs that they have control over their own health increased as a function of age. Beliefs in self‐control had low, negative correlations with measures of external control. Stability of CHLC and the relatively simple procedure (16 dkhotomous items) suggest that, despite problems with wording of some items, CHLC is an appropriate and efficient measure for comparing cross‐sectional and longitudinal samples in this age range.

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Journal of School Health

Tập 59 Số 4

161-164

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