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health locus of control

health locus of control Health locus of control is a person’s expectation about what determines health outcomes.

Health locus of control is a person’s expectation about what determines health outcomes. It describes whether someone sees health as mainly influenced by their own actions and characteristics or by outside forces such as chance, fate, luck, or other people.

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Drafting source: Eriksson Maria C M; Lundgren Jesper; Hellgren Margareta; Li Ying; Björkelund Cecilia; Lindblad Ulf; Daka Bledar. Association between low internal health locus of control, psychological distress and insulin resistance. An exploratory study. 2023; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0285974; article XML SHA-256 405356fec9b2845c8822955d06ba729a20816a760fba77b4d06ee1cb1adf0d4d. “Association between low internal health locus of control, psychological distress and insulin resistance. An exploratory study” (10.1371/journal.pone.0285974).
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