Eddie M. Clark

TL;DR: Findings suggest that dimensions of spiritual health locus of control beliefs have complex and varying relationships with health behaviors.

TL;DR: Results suggested that commitment partially mediated the relationship between SO and infidelity, such that unrestricted individuals had lower commitment, which in turn led to a greater likelihood of cheating.

TL;DR: The WLOC scores predicted responses to baseline weight-related measures such as etiology of obesity, confidence in weight loss behaviors, and behavioral intention, as well as participants' reactions to the HEM and the actual number of weight loss ideas that the participants tried by the 1-month follow-up assessment.

TL;DR: In both the emotional functioning and depressive symptoms models, the indirect effect test from religious behaviours to emotional religious support indicated evidence for mediation, and there was no mediation for the physical functioning model.

TL;DR: An expanded scale assessing spiritual health locus of control beliefs provides an in-depth assessment of beliefs regarding the role of God in one's health, and may be useful for the development of church-based health education serving African Americans.