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Locus of Control This theory, developed by Wallston, Wallston, & Kaplan in the mid 1970's, deals with perception of personal control over health issues. Internal locus of control (LOC) occurs when individuals think their personal actions determine their health status. Those with external locus of control means individuals perceive others in control of health decisions and health status. External sources may be fate, chance, luck, God, or powerful others.30 The theory has been refined since its introduction. As originally presented and in much subsequent research, LOC has been considered a global orientation to health behavior. The scales were designed to be mid-level in specificity so they could be used to predict behaviors or outcomes for any condition. Validation of the theory, however, has found this to be a problematic approach because healthy people respond differently to the questions on the scales than do chronically ill individuals.31 Several researchers have used the basic scales but found the scales needed to be modified to measure specific diseases or conditions such as diabetes, headaches, and adolescent depression.32-34 This was successful within the context used in individual studies. However, because each study adapted the scales differently, little comparison between studies is possible. Development of the Multidimensional Locus of Control scale helped address this issue and make the scale appropriate for specific conditions.31 LOC has been found to be predictive for children's dental health. Researchers found children whose mothers had more external LOC were at higher risk for developing dental caries.31 In contrast, other research has found little association between mothers LOC, children's health status, and use of preventive health services.32 This theory continues to be refined for use in various populations and conditions.

Answer 1

Locus of control theory was done by Julian B Rotter. It describes about the personality of a person, particularly the health aspect.

It can be categorised into two ways

Intrinsic locus and extrinsic locus

Intrinsic locus means ,a person can control his life himself without peeping into others point of view

Extrinsic locus means life is controlled by external factors like fate,luck,others experience

It involved various fields like educational psychology, health psychology, clinical psychology

The necessity of updation of this theory is needed when it comes to certain diseases like diabetes, headache, adult depression.

In children it predicted dental carries.if their mother has external loc ,her children have dental caries.but the others said it also involves child health status, dental hygiene

Hence multidimensional loc helped to segregate and provide appropriate scale to each conditions