Social Support and Positive Health Practices in Black Late Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gale S. Gage
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Black College ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Positive Health Practices ◽  
The Relationship

This study constructed and tested models using the mediators of resilience and self-efficacy to help explain the relationship between social support and positive health practices (PHPs) in Black late adolescents. A cross-sectional, correlational design was used with a convenience sample of 179 Black college students, aged 18 to 23 years. Participants responded to four instruments; the five bivariate hypotheses were supported. Social support correlated positively with PHPs ( r = .45, p < .001), resilience ( r = .28, p < .001), and self-efficacy ( r = .40, p < .001). Resilience ( r = .31, p < .001) and self-efficacy ( r = .38, p < .001) correlated positively with PHPs. Regression analyses indicated that resilience and self-efficacy were partial, not complete mediators of the relationship between social support and PHPs. This research has relevance for practice involving Black late adolescents, with social support playing a role in promoting PHPs.

Positive Health Practices of Urban Minority Adolescents

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ganga Mahat ◽  
MaryAnn Scoloveno ◽  
Colleen Whalen
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
School Nurses ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Minority Adolescents ◽  
Urban Minority ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Positive Health Practices

What influences the health practices of adolescents? This study attempted to answer this question by examining factors related to health practices of urban minority adolescents. The convenience sample consisted of 65 minority adolescents who resided in an urban area. Positive correlations were found between social support and positive health practices and hope and positive health practices. However, no significant relationship was found between self-esteem and positive health practices. School nurses work closely with adolescents and are in the position to initiate and promote programs that will influence the health behaviors of minority adolescents. Suggestions are provided that will assist school nurses to meet their goal of promoting positive health practices among adolescents.

Future Time Perspective and Positive Health Practices in Young Adults: An Extension

1997 ◽  
Vol 84 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1299-1304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noreen E. Mahon ◽  
Thomas J. Yarcheski ◽  
Adela Yarcheski
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Lifestyle Questionnaire ◽  
Positive Health Practices ◽  
Slow Tempo

A sample of 69 young adults attending a public university responded to the Future Time Perspective Inventory, two subscales of the Time Experience Scales (Fast and Slow Tempo), and the Personal Lifestyle Questionnaire in classroom settings. A statistically significant correlation (.52) was found between scores for future time perspective and the ratings for the practice of positive health behaviors in young adults. This correlation was larger than those previously found for middle and late adolescents. Scores on subscales of individual health practices and future time perspective indicated statistically significant correlations for five (.25 to .56) of the six subscales. Scores on neither Fast nor Slow Tempo were related to ratings of positive health practices or ratings on subscales measuring positive health practices.

scholarly journals Outcomes of Depression in Black Single Mothers

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 464-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahshida L. Atkins
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Single Mothers ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Black Single Mothers ◽  
Positive Health Practices ◽  
Depressive Cognitions

Despite suggestions in the literature that depression has serious consequences, few studies have examined specific health and psychosocial outcomes of depression in Black single mothers. The purpose of this study was to estimate paths in a just-identified theoretical model of outcomes of depression for Black single mothers based on theoretical propositions and empirical findings. The model included the variables, depressive cognitions, depressive symptomatology, perceived social support, and positive health practices. Five direct and two indirect hypothesized relationships were estimated using structural equation modeling. A nonprobability sample of convenience of 159 Black single mothers aged 18 to 45 years was recruited for the study. This study used a cross-sectional correlational design. The participants responded in person or via the U.S. mail to the Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression scale, the Depressive Cognition Scale, the Personal Resource Questionnaire 85–Part 2, and the Personal Lifestyle Questionnaire. Beta and Gamma path coefficients were statistically significant for four out of five hypothesized direct relationships within the model ( p < .01). The direct path between depressive cognitions and positive health practices was not supported (Gamma = −.11, p > .05). The two indirect paths were weak but statistically significant ( p < .01). Depressive symptoms and perceived social support were outcomes of depressive cognitions. Positive health practices was not a direct outcome of depressive cognitions. Perceived social support and positive health practices were outcomes of depressive symptoms.

Future Time Perspective and Positive Health Practices in Adolescents

1994 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 395-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noreen E. Mahon ◽  
Thomas J. Yarcheski
Keyword(s):  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Time Perspective ◽  
Future Time Perspective ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Future Time ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Individual Health ◽  
Lifestyle Questionnaire ◽  
Positive Health Practices

Samples of 84 middle and 106 late adolescents responded to the Future Time Perspective Inventory and the Personal Lifestyle Questionnaire. Statistically significant positive but weak correlations (.20-.26) were found between length of future time perspective and the practice of positive health behaviors in both samples. Subscale analyses of individual health practices in relation to future time perspective yielded some statistically significant positive but weak correlations for both samples.

scholarly journals The Relationship of Self-Efficiency and Social Support with Adolescent Bullying at Junior High School 2 Sepatan

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 153-158
Author(s):  
Dwi Arini ◽  
Evin Novianti
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Adolescents face the problem of bullying, they need social support from those around them to have confidence in their abilities. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and social support with bullying in adolescents at Junior High School 2 Sepatan, Tangerang Regency. Methods: The research design is cross-sectional using the spearman correlation test to analyze the relationship between variables. The sampling technique was simple random sampling with 127 respondents. The instrument uses a self-efficacy questionnaire, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and The revised Olweus Bully or Victim Questionnaire. Results: There is a significant relationship between self-efficacy and bullying (p-value 0.031) and there is a significant relationship between social support and bullying (p-value 0.001). Conclusion: There is a relationship between self-efficacy and social support for victims of bullying in adolescents. This study is also useful for parents that teenagers need support in getting through the effects of bullying.

Social Support and Positive Health Practices in Early Adolescents

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noreen E. Mahon ◽  
Adela Yarcheski ◽  
Thomas J. Yarcheski
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Health Practices ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Positive Health Practices

scholarly journals Self-Efficacy Mediates The Relationship Between Social Support And Psychological Resilience In Patients With Lung Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yizhen Yin ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Mengmemg Lv ◽  
Hui Li ◽  
Huiyuan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Chinese Version ◽  
Psychological Resilience ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Purpose: The prognosis of patients with lung cancer might be influenced by mental health. Psychological resilience is one of the important indicators to reflect the psychological state. It has been shown that patients with higher social support and self-efficacy have better psychological resilience. The aim of this study was to determine whether or not self-efficacy mediates the relationship between social support and psychological resilience in patients with lung cancer.Methods: A cross-sectional study of 303 lung cancer patients was conducted. Participants completed questionnaires, including the Chinese version of the Perceived Social Support Seale Scale, the Chinese version of Strategies Used by People to Promote Health Scale, and the Chinese version of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Results: Mediation analysis indicated that self-efficacy had a partially mediating effect between social support and psychological resilience. Direct paths from social support to self-efficacy, self-efficacy to psychological resilience, and social support to psychological resilience were significant (p< 0.001). Moreover, indirect paths from social support to self-efficacy and self-efficacy to psychological resilience were also significant at the 95% level [0.120–0.550]; the mediating effect accounted for 38.16% of the total effect.Conclusions: Self-efficacy plays an important role in the relationships between social support and psychological resilience in cancer patients. Social support not only directly influenced the psychological resilience, but also indirectly influenced psychological resilience through self-efficacy.

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