Health Locus of Control of Physical Fitness-Program Participants
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 55 (3) , 925-926
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1982.55.3.925
Abstract
A Multidimensional Health Locus of Control scale was used to identify motivational differences between 89 participants, 27 dropouts, and 32 non-participants from a corporate physical fitness program. Results indicated more internality in program participants.Keywords
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