Personal control and health promotion
Personal control is an individual's belief about the degree that he or she can bring about good events and avoid bad events. High personal control is associated with intellectual, emotional, behavioral, and physiological vigor in the face of challenging situations and events; low personal control is associated with maladaptive passivity and poor morale. In this paper, we sketch the roots of the personal control concept and propose a composite theory of personal control. Then we apply this composite theory to health promotion, a field defined by a cluster of techniques without a unifying theory. We believe that the personal control concept can be the cornerstone for a theory of health promotion.
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1989
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Authors: | Peterson, Christopher ; Stunkard, Albert J. |
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Social Science & Medicine. - Elsevier, ISSN 0277-9536. - Vol. 28.1989, 8, p. 819-828
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Subject: | personal control health promotion |
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