The purpose of this study was to assess to the perceived status, hardiness, and health promotion behavior among Cadets in AFNA. Further, the relationship between perceived health status, hardiness, and health promotion behavior were assessed.
The res...
The purpose of this study was to assess to the perceived status, hardiness, and health promotion behavior among Cadets in AFNA. Further, the relationship between perceived health status, hardiness, and health promotion behavior were assessed.
The research subjects were 289 cadets in AFNA obtained by all sample.
These data were collected by self reporting questionnaire for five days from september 6 to september 10, 2004.
The instruments used in this study were the health perception questionnaire (Ware, 1976), the health related hardiness scale(Pollock, 1986), and the health promotion lifestyle profile(Walker et al., 1987).
The data were analyzed by Cronbach's Alpha, Means and standard deviations, t-test and ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression using SPSS program(version 10.0) program.
The results of this study were as follows :
1. The mean scores of variables were as follows: perceived health status was 3.44, hardiness was 2.90 and health promotion behaviors was 2.63. The highest subfactor of hardiness was control factor 2.66. Also, the highest subfactor of health promotion behaviors was interpersonal support factor 3.11 and the lowest subfactor of health promotion behaviors was health responsibility factor 2.20.
2. The perceived health status showed significant differences according to health management(p=.002). Also, the hardiness showed significant differences according to health management(p=.000). Health promotion behaviors showed significant differences according to grade (p=.000), health management (p=.000), Push-up(p=.001).
3. Health promotion behaviors were correlated with perceived health status(r=.379) and hardiness (r= -.471). Perceived health status were correlated with hardiness (r=-.414).
4. Hardiness was the most influential variable on health promotion behavior (p=.000). Stepwise regression showed the 38% of the variance in health promotion behavior was explained by including health management, push-up, Perceived health status, grade.
In conclusion, healthing invention programed need to be developed in consideration of the relationships between perceived health, hardiness and health promotion behavior. The finding of this study add to emerging scientific knowledge concerning how to their quality of life among cadets in AFNA