title: Factors affecting health-promoting behaviors of community-dwelling Korean older women.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Yonsei University, Wonju College of Medicine, Department of Nursing, Wonju, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Mi Hae
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Kyung Sook
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Joo
mesh_terms: 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