Rural and urban breast cancer patients: health locus of control and psychological adjustment. Academic Article

abstract

• OBJECTIVE: This study examines the moderating influence of rural residence on the associations between health locus of control (HLC) beliefs and psychological well-being. METHOD: Two hundred and twenty-four breast cancer patients were surveyed. RESULTS: The results revealed that rurality interacted with HLC beliefs in predicting psychological adjustment. The pattern indicated that, whereas endorsing external forms of locus of control can be detrimental to the psychological well-being of urban breast cancer patients, the same is not true for rural breast cancer patients. For rural breast cancer patients, powerful others locus of control was beneficial for and chance locus of control was unrelated to well-being. CONCLUSIONS: Implications for future research and medical care are discussed.

authors

• Schlegel, Rebecca

published proceedings

• Psychooncology

author list (cited authors)

• Bettencourt, B. A., Talley, A. E., Molix, L., Schlegel, R., & Westgate, S. J

citation count

• 35

complete list of authors

• Bettencourt, B Ann||Talley, Amelia E||Molix, Lisa||Schlegel, Rebecca||Westgate, Steven J

publication date

• September 2008

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Psycho-Oncology: journal of the psychological, social and behavioral dimensions of cancer  Journal

keywords

• Adaptation, Psychological
• Adult
• Aged
• Breast Neoplasms
• Culture
• Depression
• Female
• Humans
• Illness Behavior
• Internal-External Control
• Middle Aged
• Missouri
• Psychometrics
• Quality Of Life
• Reproducibility Of Results
• Rural Population
• Urban Population

PubMed Central ID

• 18098346

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/pon.1315

start page

• 932

end page

• 939

volume

• 17

issue

• 9

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1002%2Fpon.1315

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being