Abstract
Abstract The primary purpose of this study was to assess and analyze health victim-blaming beliefs of undergraduate health education majors, as compared with selected non-majors. The Health Status Causality Questionnaire (HSCQ), a 25-item self-report instrument, was developed specifically for the study. Data were collected from 295 students. Responses of 150 health education majors and 137 political science majors were analyzed with descriptive and inferential methods. The dependent variable was victim-blaming beliefs. Compared to political science majors, health education majors, as a group, believed that: (1) lifestyle is the major determinant of health, (2) health is a status over which most individuals have a high degree of control, and (3) many people have inflicted their health problems on themselves. The health education majors were significantly more likely to hold these beliefs than were the political science majors. Results of this explatoratory study corroborate several theoretical contentions ...
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