Abstract
To examine the relationship between locus of control at age 10 years and self-reported health outcomes (overweight, obesity, psychological distress, health, and hypertension) and health behaviors (smoking and physical activity) at age 30, controlling for sex, childhood IQ, educational attainment, earnings, and socioeconomic position.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 397-403 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- adolescent
- adult
- attitude to health
- Body Mass Index
- child
- cohort studies
- exercise
- Great Britain
- health behavior
- health knowledge
- humans
- hypertension
- intelligence
- internal-external control
- longitudinal studies
- obesity
- overweight
- personality development
- psychophysiologic disorders
- smoking
- stress
- psychological
- attitudes
- practice