Table 3.
Study 1 locus of control.
| Locus of control (LOC) | Blog type | Overall, mean (SD) | Number of items | ||
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Personal, mean (SD) | General, mean (SD) | Statistics, mean (SD) |
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| Perceived barriers | 14.06 (5.18) | 12.46 (3.97) | 11.08 (4.12) | 12.62 (4.57) | 4 |
| Perceived benefits | 5.19 (1.38) | 5.32 (1.44) | 5.85 (1.32) | 5.42 (1.398) | 1 |
| Perceived susceptibility | 8.75 (3.99) | 8.76 (3.23) | 9.96 (4.38) | 9.09 (3.83) | 3 |
| Perceived severity | 17.24 (5.84) | 18.53 (5.49) | 20.00 (6.08) | 18.50 (5.81) | 5 |
| Internal LOC | 18.70 (4.77) | 18.84 (4.68) | 18.81 (4.21) | 18.79 (4.54) | 4 |
| Powerful others LOC | 24.39 (7.21) | 24.79 (6.64) | 25.52 (5.08) | 24.86 (6.41) | 6 |
| Chance LOC | 13.91 (6.23) | 15.03 (5.88) | 14.52 (4.53) | 14.51 (5.63) | 5 |