title: Health-promoting behaviors of rural adolescent women.
abstract: A part of a larger study of the health behaviors of adolescent women, this investigation examined health-promoting behaviors and the influence of cognitive, social, and environmental factors on these health-promoting behaviors of rural adolescent women. The sample consisted of 128 rural African-American and white adolescent women. Forty-four percent of the variance in health-promoting behavior of this sample was explained by five variables: self-image, problem solving, mother's education, employment status, and family structure. Self-image was the most salient predictor of health-promoting behavior, explaining 33% of the variance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Health Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Felton
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Geslani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers; D011340:Problem Solving; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012424:Rural Population; D012649:Self Concept; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*