Factors affecting health-promoting behaviors of community-dwelling Korean older women.
The purpose of the study was to examine a staged theoretical causal model on health-promoting behavior of community-dwelling Korean older women (N = 438). Sixty-two percent of the variance in the health-promoting behaviors of the sample was explained by the direct effect of social support (β = 0.53), self-efficacy (β = 0.18), perceived health status (β = 0.16), education (β = 0.12), and presence of a spouse (β = 0.10). Twenty-nine percent of the variance in social support was explained by the direct effect of self-efficacy (β = 0.31), personal control (β = 0.10), perceived health status (β = 0.16), age (β = -0.31), and religion (β = 0.15). The results indicate that self-efficacy, personal control, and perceived health status had an indirect influence on health-promoting behavior through social support. The findings of this study suggest that social support is a mediating variable on health-promoting behavior of community-dwelling older women, and further refinement of the underlying model is warranted.
Lim
Young Mi
YM
Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Department of Nursing, Wonju, Korea.
Sung
Mi Hae
MH
Joo
Kyung Sook
KS
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D056910:Republic of Korea; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support