Abstract
AbstractClients' motivation to engage in health promotion, health maintenance, and risk‐reduction activities has been of long‐standing concern to public health nurses. While health practices are often attributed to motivation, no measurement of this construct has existed to assist us in either assessing or developing interventions relative to this characteristic. This study reports additional psychometric data on a new multidimensional measurement of motivation and examines selected predictors of the measurement The test‐retest correlation over a two‐week period for the total instrument was 0.86. Age, sex, and educational level accounted for 18 percent of variance in the total construct Age, sex, educational level, and income differentially explained 15,15,9, and 11 percent of the respective ante in the construct's four separate dimensions‐judgment, behavior, competency, and intemaYextemal cue responsiveness. The results provided evidence of the stability of the health selfdeterminism index (HSDI) and supported the significant contributions of four sododemographic tmiables in predicting total and subscale scores. The HSDI may prove to be useful to public health nurses in dent assessment and as a guide for developing specific intewentions at both the individual and aggregate levels.
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
