Origins of health locus of control beliefs.

Significance tests and goodness of fit in the analysis of covariance structures.

1980 • 16,678 citations

Development of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales

1978 • 3,291 citations

Locus of control: Current trends in theory and research

1976 • 1,784 citations

Some problems and misconceptions related to the construct of internal versus external control of reinforcement.

1975 • 1,731 citations

Multivariate Analysis with Latent Variables: Causal Modeling

1980 • 1,560 citations

Salience, Attention, and Attribution: Top of the Head Phenomena

1978 • 1,266 citations

Locus of control in personality

1976 • 1,133 citations

Development and validation of the Health Locus of Control (HLC) Scale.

1976 • 1,066 citations

Attribution and the psychology of prediction.

1975 • 615 citations

Locus of Control and Health: A Review of the Literature

1978 • 525 citations

HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALES

1981 • 502 citations

Alienation and Learning in a Hospital Setting

1962 • 418 citations

Internal-external expectancies and health-related behaviors.

1978 • 417 citations

Four components of the Rotter Internal-External scale: Belief in a difficult world, a just world, a predictable world, and a politically responsive world.

1974 • 352 citations

A study of the emotional reactions of children and families to hospitalization and illness.

1953 • 340 citations

THE INFLUENCE OF MOTHERS ON THEIR CHILDREN'S HEALTH ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR.

1964 • 252 citations

Health-related information seeking as a function of health-related locus of control and health value

1976 • 230 citations

Refinements in the Measurement of Health-Specific Locus-of-Control Beliefs

1981 • 138 citations

Effect of internal and external control upon changes in smoking behavior.

1965 • 121 citations

Personality variables associated with cigarette smoking.

1973 • 121 citations

Predicting success in weight reduction as a function of locus of control: A unidimensional and multidimensional approach.

1975 • 119 citations

Internal-External Locus of Control and the Practice of Birth Control

1970 • 104 citations

Epilepsy and Learned Helplessness

1980 • 94 citations

Personality and Other Characteristics Associated with Cigarette Smoking Among Young Teenagers

1973 • 93 citations

Health Locus of Control and Health Value in the Prediction of Smoking Reduction

1978 • 83 citations

Further support of some findings about the characteristics of smokers and nonsmokers.

1963 • 77 citations

A Test of the Construct Validity of Health Locus of Control: Effects on Self-Reported Compliance for Hypertensive Patients

1978 • 74 citations

Aversive and cognitive factors in the modification of smoking behaviour

1970 • 74 citations

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SEAT BELT USE IN FAMILIES

1972 • 57 citations

“Internal Control” and the Taking of Influenza Shots

1971 • 40 citations

Personality characteristics associated with preventive dental health practices.

1972 • 31 citations

Dogmatism and locus of control in individuals who smoke, stopped smoking and never smoked

1975 • 24 citations

Some Antecedents and Personality Correlates of Health Locus of Control

1978 • 18 citations