Body Esteem, Stress, and Health Promoting Behavior among Korean Adults in a Community.
- Author:
Minhee HONG
1
;
Youngrye PARK
;
Eun Young CHEN
;
Jeong Woo YUN
;
Mi Hwa OH
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Body esteem; Stress; Health promoting behavior
- MeSH: Adult*; Education; Health Promotion; Humans; Jeollabuk-do; Korea
- From:Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing 2017;20(1):61-68
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between body esteem, stress, and health promoting behaviors among Korean adults in a community and to identify factors that influence health promoting behaviors. METHODS: This study was conducted using a questionnaire which included item for body esteem, stress and health promotion behaviors. Data were collected from 257 adults living in Jeollabuk-do in Korea from November to December, 2015. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression using the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program. RESULTS: The mean score of body esteem was 2.73±0.43, stress was 1.89±0.68, and health promoting behaviors was 2.22±0.45. There was a significant positive correlation between body esteem and health promotion behaviors (r=.47, p<.001), whereas there was a significant negative correlation between stress and health promotion behaviors (r=-.47, p<.001). In stepwise multiple regression analysis, body esteem, religion, education explained approximately 30.1% of health promoting behaviors (F=37.73, p<.001). CONCLUSION: The results in this study indicate that body esteem is the most important factor in health promoting behaviors among Korean adults. Thus, body esteem contents should be included in developing programs for adults to enhance their health promoting behaviors.
