A faculty member explains to a student that when a person has self-care agency, the person
a. believes in personal control of his or her life and its consequences.
b. controls his or her own health care practices instead of relying on others for this.
c. has an innate sense of direction and sets goals for the future.
d. thinks he or she is able to accomplish things and is willing to try them.
D
A person with self-care agency believes that he or she is capable of completing a behavior and therefore is more prone to attempt it.
A person has an internal locus of control when he or she is able to believe in personal control of his or her life and its consequences.
A person's ability to control health care practices, rather than relying on a health care professional or other people, is not directly related to self-care agency.
A person who has a sense of direction and sets goals for the future has a sense of purpose.
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