title: Basic conditioning factors' influences on adolescents' healthy behaviors, self-efficacy, and self-care.
abstract: This article reports a secondary statistical analysis of data from a study investigating the relationships among health-promoting self-care behaviors, self-care self-efficacy, and self-care agency in an adolescent population (Callaghan, 2005). The purpose of this study was to identify the influences of selected basic conditioning factors on the practice of healthy behaviors, self-efficacy beliefs, and ability for self-care in 256 adolescents. The research instruments used to collect data for this study include: Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II Scale; Self-Rated Abilities for Health Practices Scale; Exercise of Self-Care Agency Scale; demographic questionnaire assessing basic conditioning factors. The results of this analysis identified significant relationships between the following basic conditioning factors and adolescents' practice of healthy behaviors, self-efficacy of those behaviors, and self-care abilities: support system, adequate income, adequate living conditions, gender, routine practice of religion, and reported medical problems/disabilities. These findings can give adolescent health nurses direction in developing interventions that promote the self-care and health in this specific population.
authors.affiliation: Widener University, School of Nursing, Chester, Pennsylvania 19013, USA. dmcallaghan@mail.widener.edu
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Callaghan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009515:New Jersey; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires