ERIC Number: EJ773596
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Health Value, Perceived Social Support, and Health Self-Efficacy as Factors in a Health-Promoting Lifestyle
Jackson, Erin S.; Tucker, Carolyn M.; Herman, Keith C.
Journal of American College Health, v56 n1 p69-74 Jul-Aug 2007
During their college years, students may adopt health-promoting lifestyles that bring about long-term benefits. Objective and Participants: The purpose of this study was to explore the roles of health value, family/friend social support, and health self-efficacy in the health-promoting lifestyles of a diverse sample of 162 college students. Methods: Participants completed an Assessment Battery consisting of the following instruments: (1) a demographic questionnaire, (2) the Multi-Dimensional Support, (3) the Value on Health Scale, (4) the Self-Rated Abilities for Health Practices, (5) the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II, and (6) the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. Results: Correlational analyses indicated that health value, perceived family/friend social support, and health self-efficacy were significantly associated with engagement in a health-promoting lifestyle. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed that health value and health self-efficacy significantly predicted the level of engagement in a health-promoting lifestyle. Perceived family/friend social support was not significant in the model. As age increased, level of perceived family/friend social support decreased. Conclusion: Present findings suggest that health interventions programs focus on assessing and increasing health self-efficacy and health value of these youth. College health professionals can design and evaluate the effectiveness of such health-promoting interventions. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Self Efficacy, Social Desirability, Health Personnel, Health Promotion, College Students, Role, Social Support Groups, Friendship, Measures (Individuals), Questionnaires, Correlation, Intervention, Health Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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