Table 8.
Study 2 locus of control.
| Locus of control (LOC) | Control | Blog type | Overall (N=167), mean (SD) | Number of items | ||
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Personal (n=42), mean (SD) | General (n=41), mean (SD) | Statistics (n=41), mean (SD) |
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| Perceived barriers | 17.1 (6.78) | 15.9 (6.07) | 16.32 (7.57) | 14.68 (5.88) | 16.01 (6.61) | 5 |
| Perceived benefits | 5.52 (1.04) | 5.74 (1.15) | 5.44 (1.34) | 5.88 (1.05) | 5.64 (1.16) | 1 |
| Perceived susceptibility | 9.62 (3.86) | 10.10 (3.68) | 9.83 (3.73) | 10.17 (4.02) | 9.93 (3.68) | 3 |
| Perceived severity | 24.30 (5.64) | 24.60 (5.07) | 23.55 (5.55) | 23.73 (4.98) | 24.05 (5.28) | 6 |
| Internal LOC | 28.88 (4.89) | 28.64 (6.00) | 29.60 (5.90) | 28.93 (5.09) | 29.00 (5.46) | 6 |
| Powerful others LOC | 23.56 (7.11) | 24.36 (6.23) | 23.29 (7.14) | 23.93 (6.63) | 23.79 (6.73) | 6 |
| Chance LOC | 19.12 (6.44) | 18.31 (6.92) | 17.66 (7.66) | 16.00 (6.24) | 17.78 (6.87) | 6 |