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Does the perception that God controls health outcomes matter for health behaviors?

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Health Psychology, February 2013
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Title
Does the perception that God controls health outcomes matter for health behaviors?
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Journal of Health Psychology, February 2013
DOI 10.1177/1359105312474914
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between God Locus of Health Control, health behaviors, and beliefs utilizing a cross-sectional online survey (N = 549). Results indicated that God Locus of Health Control was correlated with alcohol use, physical activity, perceived risk of chronic disease, and beliefs that poor health behaviors contribute to chronic disease (all p values < .05). Multiple regression analyses including covariates and other locus of control variables revealed that God Locus of Health Control was only an independent correlate of the belief that physical inactivity contributed to chronic disease. Insights from this study may be important for future faith-based health behavior change interventions.

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Unknown 78 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 14%
Researcher 9 11%
Student > Bachelor 8 10%
Student > Master 7 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 8%
Other 18 23%
Unknown 20 25%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 16 20%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 16%
Social Sciences 6 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 5%
Other 10 13%
Unknown 26 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 September 2016.
All research outputs
#7,181,643
of 22,699,621 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Health Psychology
#723
of 2,079 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#61,484
of 192,994 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Health Psychology
#23
of 61 outputs
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