Reliability assessment and factorial analysis of health locus of control scale among 12 and 15 year old school children of Central India
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| Title | Reliability assessment and factorial analysis of health locus of control scale among 12 and 15 year old school children of Central India |
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| Abstract | The present study is an attempt to check the reliability as well as factor structure of locus of control scale among school children from Central India. The target population for the cross-sectional study was 12 and 15 year old school children from Bhopal city, Central India. The eleven-item health locus of control questionnaire (HLC) was used to assess locus of control and to predict health-related behavior. A total of 462 children were interviewed; 259 children were from 12- year age group and 203 children from 15 year age group. Principal component analysis was used to factorize the scale. Factor analysis principle components, varimax rotation was employed to assess the factor structure. The internal consistency of the health locus of control scale in the study population proved to be good; Cronbach’s alpha was 0.82.The factor analysis after varimax rotation revealed four major factors with Eigen values above 1.0: 1.901, 1.457, 1.30 and 1.096. The analysis resulted in only four factors explaining total % variance of 17.28%, 13.25%, 11.9% and 9.97% thus making a total cumulative % variance of 52.30%. The factors which emerged with maximum loading, related health to luck, chance, doctors’ instructions and other external controls. Reliability for each of these four factors was once again checked and Crobach’s value for the factors 1, 2, 3 and 4 were found to be 0.72, 0.76, 0.68 and 0.69 showing them to be reliable. The emergence of factors with different components reinforced the view that if cultural differences and demographic variability play a role in determining the level of control among children then there are bound to be differences in pattern of constituent controls. |
| Publisher | World Science Publisher |
| Date | 2012-06-21 |
| Source | 2169-3080 |
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