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de Dios Duarte, María José Arias, Andrés Durantez Fernández, Carlos Niño Martín, Virtudes Olea, Elena Barba Pérez, María Ángeles Pérez Pérez, Lucía Cárdaba García, Rosa M. Barrón, Ana 2023-06-22T11:15:34Z 2023-06-22T11:15:34Z 2022-10-12 1660-4601 10.3390/ijerph192013131 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72257 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013131 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/20/13131 (1) Background: The aim of this study was to explore the role of perceived stress and the health locus of control in Crohn’s disease and their influence upon the development of flare-ups of this disease. (2) Methods: Stress and the external locus of control were evaluated in a sample of 64 Crohn’s patients (flare-up phase versus latency phase). The perceived stress scale (PSS-14) and the multidimensional health locus of control scale were the measurement instruments used. (3) Results: The results indicate that the patients have high stress levels during a flare-up (26.13; 27.44; 28.79; 29.67); high stress levels (28.07; 29.67; 27.44; 28.07) if they have a high external locus of control; and that the external locus of control and stress levels have a significant influence upon the existence of flare-ups in those patients with low external locus of control levels (χ2 = 11.127; df = 1: p < 0.001). (4) Conclusions: Actions aimed at reducing stress and external locus of control levels are necessary in Crohn’s disease. eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ open access Atribución 3.0 España Flare-Ups in Crohn’s Disease: Influence of Stress and the External Locus of Control journal article