Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Health Behaviors of Korean Undergraduate Students

Park, Young Joo; Lee, Sook Ja; Oh, Ka Sil; Oh, Kyoung Ok; Kim, Jeong Ah; Kim, Hee Soon; Choi, Sang Soon; Yi, Sung Eun; Chung, Choo Ja; Jun, Hoa Yun

doi:10.4040/jkan.2002.32.6.792

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“…Students are also given more freedom upon entering college, and their diet and sleep patterns become irregular [ 35 ]. They are more likely to experience lifestyle changes-they leave their home to live in a dormitory, boarding house, or rented room [ 2 ]; and there are changes to their support system. Therefore, it may be difficult to maintain health promotion behaviors such as exercise and healthy eating.…”

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“…They are also easily exposed to smoking and drinking. Such an environment has a negative effect on their physical and mental health [ 2 ]. As such, the college period is one in which students are exposed to an environment that places their health at risk, although the threat to their health is not necessarily obvious.…”

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“…This period is regarded as one in which students are vulnerable to health-related problems because activities promoting health are not readily available. This vulnerability is compounded by the lack of concern of students to health management [ 3 ], and the ease with which the importance of health is ignored [ 2 ].…”

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What Causes Health Promotion Behaviors in College Students?

Kim¹,

Kim²

2018

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Background:College students are exposed to an environment that places their health at risk. As a result, they are vulnerable to health-related problems. In order to improve health promotion behaviors, it is necessary to identify the variables affecting these behaviors. However, few studies have comprehensively examined health consciousness, health perception, and self-esteem as variables in health promotion behaviors among college students.Objective:The purpose of this study is to identify the factors influencing health promotion behaviors in college students.Method:Data were collected from 331 students, using a structured questionnaire based on the Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (health promotion behaviors), Dutta-Bergman’s Health Consciousness Scale (health consciousness), the Health Perception Questionnaire (health perception), Rosenberg’s Self-Esteem Scale (self-esteem), and sociodemographic data. To assess the factors that influence health promotion behaviors, a multiple regression analysis was performed.Results:Health promotion behaviors were higher when health cognition was higher (r=.421, p<.001), health perception was higher (r=.326, p<.001), and self-esteem was higher (r=.526, p<.001). The constructed model for health promotion behaviors showed that the statistically significant explanatory variables were health cognition, health perception, and self-esteem. The model explained 34.9% of the variance in health promotion behaviors.Conclusion:It will be necessary to develop an intervention program targeting health cognition, health perception, and self-esteem in order to increase health promotion behaviors in college students.

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What Causes Health Promotion Behaviors in College Students?

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2018

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“…The link between psychosocial resources and health as well as its behavioral and biological pathways have been established across many cultural samples (Boylan et al, ; Hobfoll, ; House, Robbins, & Metzner, ; Kawachi & Berkman, ; Lin, Ensel, Simeone, & Kuo, ; Park et al, ; Shin et al, ; Sone et al, ; Song & Lin, ; Sugisawa, Liang, & Liu, ; Tanno et al, ; Togari, Yamazaki, Takayama, Yamaki, & Nakayama, ). Psychological resources (e.g., resilient appraisal, purpose in life, and sense of control) have been associated with physical functioning and better health behaviors, particularly among people with major life challenges, such as chronic illness or economic hardship (DeLongis et al, ; Segerstrom, ).…”

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“…Although a large number of studies focusing on the link between psychosocial resources and health have been conducted in Western samples, studies with other cultural samples also documented similar findings. A wide range of psychosocial resources (e.g., sense of coherence, ikigai , social support, and social network) have predicted better health outcomes such as high self‐reported health, more health behaviors, better cardiovascular health, and better glucoregulation in East Asian cultures including those of Japan, China, Taiwan, and Korean (Boylan et al, ; Lin et al, ; Park et al, ; Shin et al, ; Sone et al, ; Song & Lin, ; Togari et al, ). Although some psychosocial resources are probably specific to certain cultures (e.g., self‐esteem) as noted earlier, psychosocial factors that serve as valuable resources within the respective culture should be linked to better health.…”

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Cultural fit of emotions and health implications: A psychosocial resources model

Yoo

Miyamoto

2018

Social & Personality Psych

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Emerging evidence on cultural differences in health implications of emotions suggests that the cultural fit of emotions (i.e., accordance with culturally normative and prevalent patterns of emotions) is associated with better health. However, the mechanisms underlying the links between culture, emotions, and health are not clear. In this paper, we propose a psychosocial resources model of cultural fit as an integrative framework to guide the future work in this area.Following the review of cultural differences in emotions, we next review the accumulating evidence showing that culture modulates the link between emotions and health in such a way that the cultural fit of emotions positively predicts health. We then propose that psychosocial resources (e.g., resilience, meaning in life, and social support) play an important role in linking the cultural fit of emotions to health. The psychosocial resources model proposes that the emotion-health link is modulated and sustained via the relevance of emotions to resources and coping in a given cultural context. The model is supported by a line of research suggesting the role of cultural fit in the attainment of resources and another line of research showing the importance of psychosocial resources in health.Lastly, future directions will be discussed for research incorporating culture into the study of emotion and health.

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Depression Cognition and Health Promoting Behaviors of Smoking and Non-smoking College Students

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Yu²,

Ju³

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Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the degree of depression cognition and health promoting behaviors of smoking and non-smoking college students. Methods: The research design was a descriptive survey study, and 379 college students were selected by convenience sampling. Measurements were Fagerstrom test for Nicotine Dependence, Depressive cognition and Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile-Ⅱ. Descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and logistic regression were used to analyze the data. Results: 1) Smoking students showed lower scores in depressive cognitions than non-smoking students, which means that the smoker's depression was higher than the non-smokers. 2) Depressive cognition and health promoting behaviors were negatively correlated for the smokers (r=-.30, p<.01), while they were positively correlated for the non-smokers (r=.45, p<.001).3) The variables predicting the smoker's health promoting behavior were physical activity (OR .24), health responsibility (OR .25), spiritual growth (OR 5.10), stress management (OR 4.41), extrovert personality (OR .25), and depressive cognition (OR 1.81). Conclusions: Depression and health promoting behavior should be considered in the smoking cessation programs for college students.

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Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Health Behaviors of Korean Undergraduate Students

Cited by 18 publications

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What Causes Health Promotion Behaviors in College Students?

What Causes Health Promotion Behaviors in College Students?

Cultural fit of emotions and health implications: A psychosocial resources model

Depression Cognition and Health Promoting Behaviors of Smoking and Non-smoking College Students

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