Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Social inequalities in health are well documented in the social epidemiology literature. However, less is known about the mechanisms linking individual and area-level socio-economic status to health. In this paper we examine whether health locus of control (HLC) beliefs can help to explain socio-economic differences in self-rated health using the multidimensional HLC scale. METHODS:Data for this study come from the Caerphilly Health and Social Needs Survey (n=10,892). Multilevel modelling was used to examine the variation in HLC beliefs across different socio-demographic groups and levels of neighbourhood socio-economic status, and to investigate whether HLC beliefs mediate the health effects of individual and neighbourhood socio-economic position. RESULTS:This study found that the HLC scales were significantly associated with individual and neighbourhood socio-economic status, as well as with self-rated health. HLC beliefs appeared to mediate some of the health effects of individual socio-economic status and to a lesser extent the health effects of neighbourhood socio-economic status. CONCLUSIONS:Some evidence was found that HLC forms part of the pathway between individual and neighbourhood socio-economic status and health. Future research should further explore the psychological consequences of living in economically deprived conditions, alongside material, social and behavioural processes, and examine how this impacts upon people's health and well-being.
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Prev Medjournal_title
Preventive medicineauthors
Poortinga W,Dunstan FD,Fone DLdoi
10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.11.015subject
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2008-04-01 00:00:00pages
374-80issue
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0091-7435issn
1096-0260pii
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1006/pmed.1996.0130
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2004-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Preventive medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.12.008
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,评审
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更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Preventive medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1983-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Preventive medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.07.017
更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Preventive medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1006/pmed.2002.1095
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Preventive medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.07.041
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Preventive medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0091-7435(84)90042-2
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.11.012
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2003-04-01 00:00:00