Abstract
Latent profile analysis identified health locus of control profiles among 436 Hispanic Americans who completed the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scales. Results revealed four profiles: Internally Oriented-Weak, -Moderate, -Strong, and Externally Oriented. The profile groups were compared on sociocultural and demographic characteristics, health beliefs and behaviors, and physical and mental health outcomes. The Internally Oriented-Strong group had less cancer fatalism, religiosity, and equity health attributions, and more alcohol consumption than the other three groups; the Externally Oriented group had stronger equity health attributions and less alcohol consumption. Deriving multidimensional health locus of control profiles through latent profile analysis allows examination of the relationships of health locus of control subtypes to health variables.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2376-2385 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1 2016 |
Funding
This work was supported by the National Cancer Institute [grant R25CA130869, P30 CA023100]; National Institutes of Health/ National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities [grant P60 MD000220]; and the National Institutes of Health [grant U56 CA92079/U56 CA92081, U54 CA132379/U54 CA132384]. Brian R. Champagne was supported by the Medical Student Training in Aging Research Program, NIMH R25 MH71544. Sarah D. Mills was supported by the University of California Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship.
Keywords
- beliefs
- ethnicity
- health psychology
- locus of control
- quantitative methods
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology
