The Chinese version of the multidimensional health locus of control scale form C in pregnancy

Ip, WY; Martin, Colin R.

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.08.011

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“…Internal reliability of the three subscales was appropriate in the present sample; the alpha values were well above those found in the Chinese investigations [12], [13]. Our results concerning internal consistency are also in line with previous studies showing that the Internal and Chance subscales have adequate alpha values, while those of the shorter subscales are only around the .70 threshold [1], [10], [11].…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Contrary to the A and B forms of the MHLC Scales, relatively few studies have investigated the psychometric properties of Form C; this is particularly true for non-English speaking countries. Of the few investigations conducted in these countries, Italian [10] and Swedish [11] examinations confirmed the hypothesized four-factor structure, reliability, and validity of the instrument, while findings from China [12], [13] consistently disaffirmed the psychometric adequacy of the instrument.…”

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confidence: 82%

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Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale Form C in a Non-Western Culture

2014

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Form C of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales (MHLC-C) was designed to investigate health-related control beliefs of persons with an existing medical condition. The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of this instrument in a culture characterized by external control beliefs and learned helplessness—contrary to the societal context of original test development. Altogether, 374 Hungarian patients with cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, and cardiovascular and musculoskeletal disorders were enrolled in the study. Besides the MHLC-C, instruments measuring general control beliefs, anxiety, depression, self-efficacy, and health behaviors were also administered to evaluate the validity of the scale. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic techniques were used to investigate the factor structure of the scale. Our results showed that the Hungarian adaptation of the instrument had a slightly different structure than the one originally hypothesized: in the present sample, a three-factor structure emerged where the items of the Doctors and the Others subscales loaded onto a single common component. Internal reliability of all three subscales was adequate (alphas between .71 and .79). Data concerning the instrument's validity were comparable with previous results from Western countries. These findings may suggest that health locus of control can be construed very similarly to Western countries even in a post-communist society—regardless of the potential differences in general control beliefs.

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Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale Form C in a Non-Western Culture

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“…This could be due either to the translation into German or the brevity of the scale (3 items only). With regard to the 'doctors' scale, the results are in line with a translation into Cantonese by Ip & Martin [22]. When applied to pregnant women, poor internal consistency, possibly due to existing cultural differences and linguistic comprehension, was reported.…”

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Translation and application of G-MHLC-C scales in academic and non-academic nursing staff

Eckert¹,

Gaidys²,

Martin³

2013

EJPCH

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To date, studies on the health locus of control have focused on chronically ill and pregnant patients and have not included staff working in health services. Following the translation of the MHLC-C into German and its pre-testing by Wallston et al.[1], the G-MHLC-C was completed by 212 academic and non-academic nurses and the results of the respective groups were compared. With a Cronbachs of α=0.70, the internal consistency of the G-MHLC-C was within acceptable limits. Two of the sub-scales showed poor consistency. When comparing the scores of both groups, only the G-MHLC-C 'chance' subscale showed a significant difference (p=0

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“…We found suboptimal Cronbach's alpha values in several subscales. Issues regarding to the reliability of the translation of the MHLC has not only occurred in the Indonesian version, but also in the Chinese version of the MHLC that found suboptimal Cronbach's alpha values in several subscales (internal HLC=0.52, doctors HLC=0.51, powerful others HLC=0.44 and chance HLC=0.66) (Ip and Martin, 2006). Theoretically, Cronbach's alpha is related to the test length; therefore, the poor alpha value in the Powerful others subscales may be attributed to the small number of items in the subscales (n=3).…”

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Health Locus of Control in Indonesian Women with Breast Cancer: a Comparison with Healthy Women

Iskandarsyah

Klerk²,

Suardi³

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Asian Pac J Cancer Prev, 15 (21), 9191-9197 IntroductionBreast cancer is a serious health condition among women worldwide. In 2008, approximately 1.38 million new cases were diagnosed and approximately 458,000 deaths were recorded both in developed and developing countries (Ferlay et al., 2010). Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis is a life threatening negative event and potentially causes considerable psychological problems. Affected women are faced with multiple stressors throughout their illness trajectory, such as having a biopsy, awaiting diagnosis, having surgery, experiencing treatment side effects, anticipating the possibility of cancer metastasizing, coping with financial, family and social problems and facing the risk of recurrence and/or death. A previous comparative study found that women with breast cancer experienced more psychological problems than healthy women (Pan et al., 2013). The most prevalent psychological problems among women with breast cancer are anxiety and depression, with reported prevalences of 21.1% to 53% (Montazeri et al., 2001;Zabora et al., 2001;Osborne et al., 2003;So et al., 2010 AbstractThe aims of this study were to assess whether Indonesian women with breast cancer havea higher external health locus of control (HLC) than healthy women, and to explore the association between HLC and symptoms of anxiety and depression. In this study, 120 consecutive women with breast cancer were recruited at the outpatient surgical oncology clinic at the Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung. One hundred and twenty two healthy women were recruited from the Bandung area as controls. A standard demographic form, Form C of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control, as well as the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and patients' medical records were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, Pearson's correlation, MANOVA and multiple linear regressions. Women with breast cancer had higher scores on all external HLC subscales, i.e. chance, doctor, powerful others and God, and lower internal HLC compared to healthy women. High God LHC scores were associated with a high level of anxiety (β=0.21, p<0.05), whereas none of the HLC subscales were associated with depression. Our results suggest that women with breast cancer tend to have high external HLC, while healthy women tend to have high internal HLC. A strong belief in an external source of control, i.e. God, might be negatively associated with patient emotional adjustment. Further research is needed to give an insight into the direction of this association.

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The Chinese version of the multidimensional health locus of control scale form C in pregnancy

Cited by 11 publications

References 44 publications

Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale Form C in a Non-Western Culture

Psychometric Properties of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale Form C in a Non-Western Culture

Translation and application of G-MHLC-C scales in academic and non-academic nursing staff

Health Locus of Control in Indonesian Women with Breast Cancer: a Comparison with Healthy Women

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