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M Frank-Stromborg

Publications and source records attributed to M Frank-Stromborg.

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Predicting health-promoting lifestyles in the workplace.

A multivariate model proposed as explanatory and predictive of health-promoting lifestyles was evaluated in a sample of 589 employees enrolled in six employer-sponsored health-promotion programs. Perceived personal competence, definition of health, perceived health status, and perceived control of health accounted for 31% of the variance in health-promoting lifestyle patterns. Employees who reported more health-promoting lifestyles perceived themselves as competent in handling life situations, defined health as high-level wellness rather than merely the absence of illness, evaluated their health positively, and perceived their health as affected by significant others but not by chance or luck. Those who were female, older, and in the maintenance phase of the company fitness program also had healthier lifestyle patterns. These variables and the perception of health as internally controlled were predictive of health-promoting lifestyles three months later.

Attitude to Health↗
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Reaction to the Diagnosis of Cancer Questionnaire: development and psychometric evaluation.

The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to assess the initial reactions of individuals to the diagnosis of cancer. Content validity was built into the Reaction to the Diagnosis of Cancer Questionnaire (RDCQ) through responses supplied by 340 ambulatory cancer patients to the question, "What do you remember of your feelings when first told you had cancer?" Test-retest reliability was .86 at a 3-week interval. Factor analysis on a convenience sample of 441 ambulatory cancer patients confirmed the existence of two separate and distinct dimensions, confronting reactions and distress reactions, to the initial diagnosis of cancer that explained 61% of the variance. Internal consistency for both the total tool (alpha = .896) and the two subscales of the RDCQ (confronting dimension = .82, distress dimension = .91) was high.

Adaptation, Psychological↗