Bu çalışmanın amacı; ev kadınlarının sağlıklı yaşam

The main purpose of this study was to analyzehealthy lifestyle behaviours and social appereanceanxiety of housewivers 123 housewives participatedin this study who lives in the Mersin citycenter. “Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours Scale II (HLBSII)”and“Social Appearence Anxiety Scale (SAAS)”were used for data collection. Parametric and nonparametrictests were conducted for data analysis.The results of the analysis revealed that housewiverssuffer from moderate level of social appereance anxietyand get the lowest points from “physical activity”sub-scale. HLBS II in the “stress management”subscale; married women and women in “low” incomegroup are more successful than single women andwomen in “middle and upper” income group, respectivelywhile in the subscale of “nutrition”, high-schoolgraduates are more successful than elementary andsecondary school graduates (p<.05). There is a positive correlation between the number of children andSAAS and “health responsibility”, respectively whilethere is a negative correlation between SAAS and“self-acquisation” (p<.01). In conclusion, participation inphysical activity positively affects both social appearanceand healthy lifestyle behaviors.