Health Behavior and Personal Autonomy: A Longitudinal Study of the Sense of Control in Illness

1983/06/01 by Melvin Seeman, Teresa E. Seeman · 395 citations
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Autonomy #Clinical psychology #Control (management) #Developmental psychology #Economics #Health care #Health disparities and outcomes #Illness behavior #Longitudinal study #Medicine #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being #Personal autonomy #Political science #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Psychology #Sense (electronics) #Sense of control #Social psychology #Sociology of health and illness

paper · doi:10.2307/2136641

published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior 24(2), 144 (SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

Melvin Seeman, Teresa E. Seeman, Health Behavior and Personal Autonomy: A Longitudinal Study of the Sense of Control in Illness, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Jun., 1983), pp. 144-160

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