title: The effect of a wellness program on adolescent females.
abstract: Guided by Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory, the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a comprehensive wellness intervention on total wellness, physical fitness, and self-efficacy for health promoting behaviors in adolescent females, ages 14 to 19, enrolled in physical education (PE) classes in Grades 9 to 12. The intervention was administered in an experimental pre-test, post-test, two group design in rural east Texas. Participants (n = 153) were randomly assigned to a 12-week intervention or control group. Independent t-tests to determine differences between the intervention and control groups were nonsignificant for overall wellness and physical fitness. The Wellness Essential-Self subscale score was significantly higher in the intervention group, t(64, 36) = 2.67, p = .005, d = .84. Self-Efficacy Health Promotion subscale scores for the intervention group were also significantly higher, t(20,28) = 2.60, p = .006, d = .74. The intervention has potential to improve overall wellness in adolescent females.
authors.affiliation: 1The University of Texas at Tyler, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Jenifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chilton
authors.forename: Barbara K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Kevin P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Gosselin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010809:Physical Fitness; D020377:Self Efficacy; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescents; female; health promotion; intervention; self-efficacy