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 (). 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.

Highlights

  • A secondary statistical analysis of data from a study investigating the relationships among health-promoting self-care behaviors, self-care selfefficacy, and self-care agency in an adolescent population (Callaghan, 2005) is reported in this article

  • Adolescents who indicated “yes” to the question “Do you have a support system whom you feel free to ask for help when needed?” reported higher mean scores on 13 of the 14 variables measured in this study

  • Through a secondary analysis of data collected from Callaghan’s study (2005), relationships were identified between the following basic conditioning factors and health-promoting self-care behaviors, self-care selfefficacy, and self-care agency: perception of support system, perception of adequate income, perception of adequate living conditions, gender, routine practice of religion, and reported medical problems

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Introduction

A secondary statistical analysis of data from a study investigating the relationships among health-promoting self-care behaviors, self-care selfefficacy, and self-care agency in an adolescent population (Callaghan, 2005) is reported in this article. Pender’s Health Promotion Model (2002), Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Theory (1997), and Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (2001) were used in the development of the conceptual

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