What is it about?
Do religious individuals consider God and internal or external locus of control source? Similar to the idea of fatalism, how much do people rely on God to provide internal or external source of motivation for healthy behaviors?
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Why is it important?
There is a dearth of literature on the relationships between locus of control, God, and health behaviors. This can help us better understand how these relationships influence behaviors among religious populations.
Perspectives
These findings can help focus intervention efforts among religious or spiritual populations, as we better understand the motivation behind health behaviors.
Joni Boyd
Winthrop University
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This page is a summary of: Examining the relationship between health locus of control and God Locus of Health Control: Is God an internal or external source?, Journal of Health Psychology, November 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1359105317739099.
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