%0 Journal Article %T Relationship of Health Locus of Control with Breast Cancer Screening Belief of Iranian Women %J Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention %I West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP), APOCP's West Asia Chapter. %Z 1513-7368 %A Saei Ghare Naz, Marzieh %A Darooneh, Tayebeh %A Salmani, Fatemeh %A Kholosi Badr, Farhnaz %A Ozgoli, Giti %D 2019 %\ 03/01/2019 %V 20 %N 3 %P 699-703 %! Relationship of Health Locus of Control with Breast Cancer Screening Belief of Iranian Women %K breast cancer %K Screening %K Health locus of control %R 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.3.699 %X Promoting breast cancer screening (BCS) behavior of women can lead to a reduction in mortality. The health locusof control affects cancer screening behavior of women; however, there is not sufficient evidence regaring this issuein Iran. The overall goal of our study is to determine the relationship of the health locus of control with the breastcancer screening belief of Iranian Women. This is a cross-sectional study carried out on 325 women in Tehran. TheMultidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC), Breast Cancer Screening Belief Questionnaire (BCSBQ), andDemographic questionnaire were used for collecting data. Statistical analyze was performed by the SPSS version 17software. The Pearson correlation and regression model were used for data analyze. In this study, 325 women, age 18to 75 years, participated in this study. The mean±SD of BCSBQ and MHLC score was 40.72±10.41 and 67.78±17.67respectively. The regression analysis showed that for the one-unit increase in the Internal Health Locus of Control (IHLC),Powerful others Health Locus of Control (PHLC), and Chance Health Locus of Control (CHLC) score (dimensions ofHealth Locus of Control), the total BCSBQ scores increased 0.54, 0.31, and 0.57 respectively. For each unit increase inage and education, the knowledge and perceptions of the BC score increased 0.05 and 0.23 units respectively. For theone-unit increase in the IHLC, PHLC, age, and education dimensions, the attitudes towards the general health checkupscore increased 0.17, 0.1, 0.05, and 0.188 respectively. The current study provided new insights about the BCSBof Iranian women with MHLC. In the study, all the dimensions of the health locus of control were useful in predictingthe breast cancer screening belief of the participants. %U https://journal.waocp.org/article_81840_b66a643b2321a038bad9c252b89639ca.pdf