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      Composición del Locus de control en dos ciudades latinoamericanas Translated title: Composition the locus of control in two latinoamerican cities

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          El locus de control es un rasgo de personalidad vinculado con la atribución que hacen los individuos acerca de sus éxitos y fracasos. Los estudios en diferentes naciones y sociedades han demostrado que existen características generales y particulares respecto a la percepción de control y donde la cultura juega un papel importante. Se partió del objetivo de conocer la composición factorial del locus de control en dos poblaciones, Hermosillo, Sonora (México) (n=600) y João Pessoa, Paraíba (Brasil) (n=600); y establecer las diferencias en cuanto a dicho constructo en ambas poblaciones con respecto a las variables atributivas: edad, escolaridad, ocupación y ciudad. Los resultados revelan tres dimensiones comunes a las dos poblaciones: locus de control interno, locus de control afiliativo y locus de control externo. Los datos en general hacen ver que las muestras poblacionales de las ciudades hacen juicios de control en relación a los esfuerzos y el trabajo personal, en la afiliación a colectivos y grupos de interés como los fundamentos de explicación para éxitos y fracasos.

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          The locus of control is a personality trait linked to the attribution people make concerning their success and failures. Research in nations and societies has demonstrated that there exist general and particular characteristics about control perception, where culture plays an important role. The initial objective was to know the factorial composition about locus of control in two groups located in Hermosillo, Sonora México (n=600) and João Pessoa, Paraíba. Brazil (n=600); then, to establish the differences of the construct between the groups concerning the attribute variables: age, education level, occupation and city. The results show three dimensions in the two groups: internal, affiliation and external locus of control. The general data suggest that the population samples of the cities make control judgements related with efforts and personal work, affiliation to collectives and groups of interest as the basis for explaining their success and failures.

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              Locus of control and health behaviour revisited: a multivariate analysis of young adults from 18 countries.

              The inconsistent and small associations between health locus of control and health behaviour found in previous studies may be due to the use of small samples, and an overreliance on correlations as measures of association. We assessed relationships between internal powerful others and chance health locus of control, health values, and ten health-related behaviours (physical exercise, smoking, alcohol consumption, breakfast, tooth-brushing, seat belt use, and consumption of fruit, fat, fibre and salt) in 4358 female and 2757 male university students from 18 European countries. Multivariate logistic modelling, assessing the odds of engaging in healthy behaviour with graded changes in locus of control, identified substantial associations. For five behaviours, the odds of healthy behaviour were more than 40% greater among individuals in the highest vs. lowest quartile of internal locus of control after adjustment for sex, age, health value and other locus of control scales. High chance locus scores were associated with more than 20% reductions in the likelihood of healthy options for six behaviours, while powerful others scores showed more variable associations with healthy actions. Inclusion of health value within the analyses did not change the nature of the relationships observed between variables. Associations between health locus of control and health behaviour are of a similar magnitude to other psychosocial factors when appropriate statistical tests are employed.
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                Journal
                pdc
                Psicología desde el Caribe
                Psicol. Caribe
                Universidad del Norte (Barranquilla, , Colombia )
                0123-417X
                December 2008
                : 22
                : 63-83
                Affiliations
                [01] orgnameCentro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. laborin@ 123456ciad.mx
                [03] orgnameCentro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. orgdiv1maestría en Desarrollo Regional
                [02] orgnameCentro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. orgdiv1CONACYT orgdiv2SIN nivel II avera@ 123456ciad.mx
                [04] orgnameCentro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. orgdiv1maestría en Desarrollo Regional
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                S0123-417X2008000200006 S0123-417X(08)00002206
                d4867767-7e2d-4faf-9fa9-5917aafc825d

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

                History
                : 01 August 2008
                : 29 October 2008
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 36, Pages: 21
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                Brazil,Brasil,México,psicología transcultural,Locus de control,cross-cultural psychology,locus of control

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