Spiritual health locus of control and breast cancer beliefs among urban African American women
Spiritual health locus of control and breast cancer beliefs among urban African American women
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DOI：
10.1037/0278-6133.22.3.294
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发表时间：
2003-05-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Rubio, DM
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作者：
Holt, CL;Clark, EM;Rubio, DM
本研究调查了来自城市公共卫生中心的1,227名非裔美国妇女的精神健康控制点、乳腺癌信念和乳房x光检查利用之间的关系。精神健康控制点被概念化为具有主动和被动两个维度，分别赋予个人健康信念和行为以权力，或使他们依赖更高的力量（如上帝）来决定他们的健康结果。积极维度与乳房x光检查的感知益处负相关，与乳房x光检查的感知障碍正相关。主动和被动的精神层面不同于内在和外在的健康控制点。有必要进一步研究它们与其他与健康有关的信念和行为之间的关系。
The present study examined the relationship between spiritual health locus of control, breast cancer beliefs, and mammography utilization among a sample of 1,227 African American women from urban public health centers. Spiritual health locus of control was conceptualized as having an active and passive dimension, empowering individuals in their health beliefs and behaviors or rendering them to rely on a higher power (e.g., God) to determine their health outcomes, respectively. The active dimension was negatively associated with perceived benefits of mammography and positively associated with perceived barriers to mammography. The active and passive spiritual dimensions are distinct from internal and external health locus of control. Further study of their associations with other health-related beliefs and behaviors is warranted.