title: Health-promoting self-care behaviors, self-care self-efficacy, and self-care agency.
abstract: The relationships among health-promoting self-care behaviors, self-care self-efficacy, and self-care agency were investigated. The purpose of the study reported here was to explore conceptual integration that could be useful in determining interventions that enhance self-care agency. The sample consisted of 379 adult subjects. The instrumentation scales included: Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II, Self-Rated Abilities for Health Practices, and Exercise of Self-Care Agency. A canonical correlation identified a significant variate with a correlation of .76 (p < .001) accounting for 58% of the variance explained. The loading variables included: spiritual growth, self-concept, initiative, and responsibility. Therefore, spiritual growth was more strongly related to self-care agency than self-efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Rutgers-State University of New Jersey, Campus at Camden, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Donna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Callaghan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009042:Motivation; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015143:Philadelphia; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires