Self-set health goals and current health behavior

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Gebhardt ◽  
G. Pomaki ◽  
K. Joekes ◽  
S. Maes ◽  
S. Boersma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Health Goals

Psychological Immunization: Theory, Research, and Current Health Behavior Applications

1990 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elias J. Duryea ◽  
Mary V. Ransom ◽  
Gary English
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Theory Research

scholarly journals DIFFERENCES IN PURPOSES AND LIFE-GOALS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR IN A ROMANIAN ADOLESCENT SAMPLE

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-29
Author(s):  
Sándor Csibi ◽  
Mónika Csibi
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Soft Drink ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Life Goals ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Soft Drink Consumption ◽  
Health Goals

The goal of this research was to investigate specific personality factors theorized to be involved in adolescents’ health behavior, such as individual differences in the level of purposes in life and the variations of life goals. The instrumentation for the study was a self-completed questionnaire, which included items for assessing health-behavior data, the Purposes in Life scale, and the Aspiration Index for life-goals’ assessment. There were 385 teenage study participants aged between 16-18 years (mean = 16.8 years; 182 boys – 47.3 % and 203 girls – 52,7%) in Transylvania, Romania. Results showed that adolescents who engaged in health-protective behaviors (e.g., physical activity, fruit /vegetable consumption) reported higher levels of purposes in life and intrinsic life-goals, such as affiliation or personal growth. Conversely, those engaged in health risky behaviors (e.g., substance use, sweet/soft drink consumption) not only reported lower levels in having a purpose in life but also tended to report fewer health goals for the future as well as personal growth. These findings argue that health professionals should incorporate and emphasize the development of teenagers’ life goals and purposes in the design and conceptualization of school-based prevention and health promotion programs that focus on fostering healthy lifestyle adoption.

Health hopes and fears for the future in relation to health behavior and current health status

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 1509-1518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather L McGinty ◽  
Alissa Dark-Freudeman ◽  
Robin L West
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Current Health Status ◽  
The Future
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