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Modeling the factors associating with health-related habits among Japanese students.
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Health Promotion International . Apr2019, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p300-311. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The aim of the present study was to clarify the structural relationship between health-related habits and psychosocial factors during adolescence/early adulthood. An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was provided to 1141 third- and fourth-year students at eight academic departments from six universities in regional Japanese cities. Surveys included items addressing participants' demographic characteristics, psychosocial factors (individual-level social capital, self-efficacy, mental health (from health-related quality of life SF-36v2), and sense of coherence (SOC)), and health-related habits. A multiple indicator analysis based on structural equation modeling was conducted to examine the structural relationship between health-related habits and these factors. Valid responses were obtained from 952 participants. The final model demonstrated a high level of goodness of fit. While the path from SOC to health-related habits was significant, those from self-efficacy to health-related habits and from mental health to health-related habits were not significant. The path coefficient from SOC to health-related habits was greater than the path coefficient from background characteristics. In the multiple population comparison that considered gender, a nearly identical model was supported for men and women. Psychosocial factors related to health-related habits were social capital, self-efficacy, mental health, and SOC. Furthermore, it was suggested that SOC functions as an intervening factor for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. It was observed that individual psychosocial factors influence health-related habits more than their background characteristics. Findings highlight that supporting the building of social relationships and social environments is essential to promote a healthy lifestyle among university students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ANALYSIS of variance
*COGNITION
*PSYCHOLOGY of college students
*STATISTICAL correlation
*EXERCISE
*FACTOR analysis
*FOOD habits
*HABIT
*HEALTH
*HEALTH attitudes
*HEALTH promotion
*HEALTH surveys
*INTERPERSONAL relations
*MENTAL health
*NUTRITION
*QUESTIONNAIRES
*SELF-efficacy
*SEX distribution
*SOCIAL networks
*SOCIAL participation
*SOCIALIZATION
*STATISTICS
*STUDENT attitudes
*T-test (Statistics)
*SOCIAL capital
*STRUCTURAL equation modeling
*LIFESTYLES
*PHYSICAL activity
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ONE-way analysis of variance
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09574824
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Health Promotion International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135718804
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dax077