The purpose of this study was to understand the difference of health-promoting life styles among the Fifth and Sixth grades students in Kaohsiung City, and analyze the related factors. A descriptive study design was chosen, and data was collected by self-reported questionnaires that include: demographic data, cues to self-efficacy of health behavior and health-promoting lifestyle profile. The number of subjects was 1164, consisting of 623 Fifth grade students and 541 Sixth grade students. The data collection was based on structural questionnaire method, and
there were 1164 valid samples, which were then analyzed by SPSS for Windows 14.0. Results of this study include:
1. The average score was 157.93 in terms of overall scaling table. The highest score fell on health-promoting lifestyles, followed by daily life security habits ,then Self-Care habits, Stress & Sentiments Management, Recreation and Sport,and the lowest
score was on eating habits.
2.The average score was 113.39 in terms of overall scaling table. The highest score fell on self-efficacy of health behavior, followed by health responsibility
behavior, then stress management behavior, nutrition behavior, and the lowest score was on exercise behavior.
3.The result indicated that these background factors did show significant differences in health promotion life-style.
4. The result indicated that these background factors did show significant differences in self-efficacy of health behavior.
5. Health behavior self-efficacy were positively correlated with health-promoting
lifestyles. ¡]r¡×.730¡Ap¡Õ.01¡^
6. It was realized through hierarchical enter regression analysis that, health¡@responsibility behavior , stress management behavior, nutrition behavior, the gender ,results of study in class(last / middle), Father¡¦s occupation¡]field / general¡^
, Father¡¦s teach(democracy /abandon¡^
, exercise behavior, mother¡¦s level of education
¡]a primaryschool / a junior college¡^
and to stay with parent(yes / no¡^
and could explain to 59.7¢H total variance in health promotion life-style. Among these 10 factors, health responsibility behavior ,has the biggest influence; also, the research conclusions could serve as a reference for future health education and activities planning within the school.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0621108-220636 |
| Date | 21 June 2008 |
| Creators | Cheng, Kuang-shiung |
| Contributors | ¢âsai-Feng Cheng, Jin-Ding Cheng, Pai-Lu Wu |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0621108-220636 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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