HACER HARLAK

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Sağlığı Koruyucu Alışkanlıkları ve Belirleyicileri

AMAÇ: Sağlık davranışını açıklamak için sıklıkla kullanılan Planlı Davranış Kuramı (PDK)na göre davranış niyeti davranışın en önemli yordayıcısıdır. Davranış niyeti davranışa yönelik tutum, öznel norm ve davranış üzerinde algılanan kontrol tarafından yordanabilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, sağlığı koruyucu davranışların sıklığını, aralarındaki ilişkileri ve PDK değişkenlerinin bu davranışları yordayıcı etkilerini incelemektir. YÖNTEM: Üniversite öğrencilerinden oluşan bir örneklem (n=233) çalışmaya gönüllü olarak katılmış ve soru formunu doldurmuştur. Koruyucu sağlık alışkanlıkları olarak daha önceki bir çalışmada mortalite ile ilişkili olduğu gösterilmiş olan yedi davranıştan oluşan bir liste kullanılmıştır. Her davranış için yapma sıklığı ve PDK değişkenlerine ilişkin veri elde etmek için Likert tipi sorular kullanılmıştır. Ayrıca soru formunda Çok Boyutlu Sağlık Kontrol Odağı Ölçeği, algılanan sağlıkla ilgili ve sosyodemografik sorulara yer verilmiştir. BULGULAR: Bulgular, arzu edilen düzeyde olmamakla birlikte, öğrencilerin sağlığı koruyucu davranışlarının sağlıksız davranışlardan daha sık olduğunu ve bu davranışların birbirleriyle ilişkili olduğunu göstermiştir. Sağlığı koruyucu davranış niyetinin algılanan davranışsal kontrol, davranışın davranışsal niyet ve davranışa yönelik tutum tarafından yordandığı bulunmuştur. SONUÇ: Sonuç olarak, çalışmada önceki bazı çalışmaların bulguları ve PDK modelinde varsayılan davranış ve yordayıcıları arasındaki bağlantılar için destekleyici bulgular ortaya konmuş ve gelecek araştırmalar için öneriler sunulmuştur

Unıversity Students' Health Protective Habits and Predictors of Them

AIM: Based on The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) that is one of the perspectives frequently used in order to explain health behavior it is assumed that behavioral intention is the most important predictor of behavior. Behavioral intention can be predicted by attitudes toward behavior, subjective norm, and perceived control over the behavior. The aims of the present study are investigating the frequency of health protective behaviors and the interrelations of them, and predictive effects of TPB variables on these behaviors. METHOD: A sample of university students (n=233) was voluntarily participated in the study and filled the questionnaire. A list of seven behaviors which their relations with mortality were demonstrated in a previous study were employed as protective health habits. The Likert type questions were used to obtain data related to the frequency of behavior and TPB variables for each behavior. Also, the questionnaire contained The Multidimensional Health Control Scale, questions about perceived health status and socio- demographics. RESULTS: The results showed that, though they were far from desirable level, the students health protective behaviors were more frequent than unhealthy behaviors and, were intercorrelated. Behavioral intention for health protective behaviors was found to be predicted by perceived behavioral control and, behavioral intention and attitudes toward behavior were appeared as predictors of the behaviors. CONCLUSIONS: Consequently, the study revealed supportive findings for some of the previous studies on healthy and unhealthy habits and for the connections between the predictors and behavior assumed in The TPB model and, suggestions were made for future research.

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