Relationships Between Health Behaviors, Self-Efficacy, and Health Locus of Control of Students at the Universities of the Third Age
| Autor: | Halina Zielińska-Więczkowska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Gerontology Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Education Continuing Personality Inventory Universities Health Behavior Lifelong learning 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Students Socioeconomic status Internal-External Control Aged Aged 80 and over Self-efficacy 030503 health policy & services General Medicine Middle Aged Prognosis Self Efficacy Educational attainment Locus of control Socioeconomic Factors Scale (social sciences) Health Resources Female Public Health Personality Assessment Inventory 0305 other medical science Psychology Attitude to Health Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Medical Science Monitor : International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research |
| ISSN: | 1643-3750 |
| DOI: | 10.12659/msm.894997 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine the relationship of health behaviors with the health locus of control and the sense of self-efficacy against the background of socio-economic factors and self-rated health among students of the Universities of the Third Age (U3As). MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 320 U3A students, with mean age of 67.5 years. The following research tools were used: Health Behavior Inventory (HBI), Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC), Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), and an original survey of the author's own design. RESULTS Mean total HBI and GSES scores were 90.63 and 30.12, respectively. These results are satisfactory. A slight predominance of internal health locus of control was documented. A number of significant correlations were found between the HBI, GSES, and MHLC scores, except for the MHLC subscale expressing the influence of chance. Educational attainment was shown to have a significant impact on the scores for the positive attitude and proper dietary habits subscales of HBI, as well as on the GSES scores. Economic status of the participants influenced the levels of positive attitude, internal health locus of control, and self-efficacy. Furthermore, internal health locus of control was found to be modulated by subjective health of the respondents. The scores for external health locus of control and the influence of chance increased significantly with age. CONCLUSIONS The currently noticeable emphasis placed on lifelong education should serve as a good prognostic factor for health behaviors and personal health resources for years to come. |
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