title: Self-esteem and value of health as correlates of adolescent health behavior.
abstract: As part of a project aimed at developing an adolescent health education program, 100 subjects aged 12-13 and 16-17 years were studied to determine the possible relationship between self-esteem and value of health and positive health behavior. Self-esteem was measured with the Gordon Personal Profile (Gordon, 1978), and value of health with Costa et al.'s (Costa, Jessor, & Donovan, 1989) Value of Health Scale. Both factors were found to be significantly correlated with certain dimensions of health behavior in both groups of adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Dpto. Psiologia Evolutiva y de la Educación, Facultad de Psicologia, Campus Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maceira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000367:Age Factors; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012649:Self Concept; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires