Two Promising Measures of Health Education Program Outcomes and Asthmatic Children
- 1 August 1980
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of School Health
- Vol. 50 (6), 332-336
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.1980.tb08175.x
Abstract
Two measures of health education program outcomes were administered to a group of 50 asthmatic children: the Child's Health Locus of Control Scale and the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale. Interest centered on the reliabilities and discriminant validity of these instruments. Results showed high alpha reliabilities for both scales and a low, positive intercorrelation. Mean health locus of control and self-concept scores for this group were comparable to those of healthy children. These findings may be useful in designing and evaluating health education programs for children with asthma.Keywords
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