The relationship of powerlessness, stress, social support and selected demographic variables to health-promoting behaviors in late adolescents.
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TextDescription: 194 pISBN: 0493611371Subject(s): Health Sciences, Nursing | Education, Health | Health Sciences, Mental Health | 0569 | 0680 | 0347Dissertation note: Thesis (D.N.Sc.)--The Catholic University of America, 2002. Summary: Adolescents who engage in health-promoting behaviors continue to decrease in numbers. This problem may be related to powerlessness, stress and social support. There is paucity in the research literature or these variables in late adolescents. This descriptive correlational study examined the relationship of powerlessness, stress, social support and selected demographic variables to health-promoting behaviors in late adolescents and explored and described the differences that existed in the health-promoting behaviors of late adolescents. First year and second year college students (ages 18–20) in one community college and one university located in the Midwest state of Missouri were asked to participate in the study (n = 215). The Powerlessness Scale was used to measure powerlessness and the Lifestyle Profile II questionnaire measured health-promoting behaviors. The stress variable was measured by the Modified Daily Hassles Scale. The social support level was measured by the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ85-Part II). A demographic data form measured gender, ethnicity, academic standing, and socioeconomic status. The study was guided by the Revised Health Promotion model for its conceptual orientation. Reliability and validity of the tools were determined by a pilot study. Protection of human subjects was assured. The findings of the study include; (1) the increase in social support predicted the increase in the engagement in health-promoting behaviors, (2) high levels of stress predicted low health-promoting behaviors, (3) powerlessness was inversely predictive of the late adolescents' health-promoting behaviors, and (4) males engage in health-promoting behaviors by doing physical activities and stress management while females engage in health-promoting behaviors through interpersonal relations. Through the identification of relationships between these variables, nurses and other health professionals may be able to identify adolescen
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-03, Section: B, page: 1269.
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Thesis (D.N.Sc.)--The Catholic University of America, 2002.
Adolescents who engage in health-promoting behaviors continue to decrease in numbers. This problem may be related to powerlessness, stress and social support. There is paucity in the research literature or these variables in late adolescents. This descriptive correlational study examined the relationship of powerlessness, stress, social support and selected demographic variables to health-promoting behaviors in late adolescents and explored and described the differences that existed in the health-promoting behaviors of late adolescents. First year and second year college students (ages 18–20) in one community college and one university located in the Midwest state of Missouri were asked to participate in the study (n = 215). The Powerlessness Scale was used to measure powerlessness and the Lifestyle Profile II questionnaire measured health-promoting behaviors. The stress variable was measured by the Modified Daily Hassles Scale. The social support level was measured by the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ85-Part II). A demographic data form measured gender, ethnicity, academic standing, and socioeconomic status. The study was guided by the Revised Health Promotion model for its conceptual orientation. Reliability and validity of the tools were determined by a pilot study. Protection of human subjects was assured. The findings of the study include; (1) the increase in social support predicted the increase in the engagement in health-promoting behaviors, (2) high levels of stress predicted low health-promoting behaviors, (3) powerlessness was inversely predictive of the late adolescents' health-promoting behaviors, and (4) males engage in health-promoting behaviors by doing physical activities and stress management while females engage in health-promoting behaviors through interpersonal relations. Through the identification of relationships between these variables, nurses and other health professionals may be able to identify adolescen
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