introduction: diabetes is the most common disease related to metabolism disorders with long term complications. it needs lifelong specific self-care, as it causes a promotion in quality of life and decreases disease costs. the health belief model (hbm) is a psychological model that attempts to explain and predict health behaviors. this is done by focusing on the attitudes and beliefs of individ...

This study examined the associations among self-efficacy, health locus of control, and psychological distress in 159 elderly Chinese women who had chronic physical illnesses. The present findings did not support the dual health control hypothesis that specifies the balance between internal and external health control beliefs is related to a low level of psychological distress. Correlation resul...

Locus of control refers to the extent to which individuals believe they can control events affecting them. Social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia, is the most common anxiety disorder. It is characterized by intense fear in one or more social situations. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between locus of control with anxiety and social phobia in adolescent’s...

BACKGROUND Various studies have been conducted to determine the causes of drug abuse from a psychological perspective. Mental health has also been among the studied factors. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental health and general self-efficacy beliefs, coping strategies and locus of control in male drug abusers. METHODS This was a correlational descriptive st...

background and purpose: with regards to the importance of women’s beliefs in improving pregnancy outcomes, this study was performed to determine the perceived internal control on future pregnancy outcomes and its related factors in women who participated in pre‑marital counseling. materials and methods: in a cross‑sectional study, women’s perceived internal control was investigated. the study p...

background: test anxiety is the cause of weakness of the immune system, reducing the academic efficacy, inhibitor of academic achievement and imposes high costs on society. locus of control is not only how to search information in environment but also is  the way of analyzing it in relation to life events. this study is aimed to determine and compare test anxiety and locus of control in payame ...

objective: this study aimed to investigate the prediction of asthma control on the basis of perceived stress, locus of control, and self-efficacy in adult patients with asthma.  methods: this was a descriptive-correlative and cross-sectional study.the solecty of this study is all asthmatic patients in tehran. our sample consisted of 100 participants who were selected by purposeful sampling meth...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the relations of locus of control, rumination, and worry with depression and anxiety in a sample of depressed and anxious patients. a second purpose of the study was to examine the mediating role of rumination and worry on the relationship between locus of control with depression and anxiety. one hundred and twelve patients with major depression a...