The relationship of motivation and interest with a healthy lifestyle based on self-regulation of motivation theory

Abstract

Introduction: Clean and healthy living behavior or healthy lifestyle is the implementation of awareness and experience of a group that aims to maintain and improve health status. However, students in several Islamic boarding schools need to implement this properly due to a lack of motivation and interest. In addition to the pattern of clean and healthy living behavior in Islamic boarding schools, the reason they get related to past interests is still low. Thus, this study aims to determine the relationship between cause and claim in a healthy lifestyle for students. Methods: The design of this research was cross-sectional. The research sample was all students of class VII at Pesantren Al Hidayah Sidoarjo, with 147 respondents using a simple random sampling technique. The independent variable was motivation and interest. The dependent variable was a healthy lifestyle. The research instrument uses a questionnaire that has been tested for validity and reliability. Data were analyzed by the Spearman rank test with a significance level of = 0.05. Results: The results of the study were obtained as follows. Based on the characteristics of the sample, it was found that the majority were aged 12 to 15 years (67.3%), while the remaining 32.7% were aged 15 to 18 years. According to gender, most of the respondents were male (51.7%). The results showed a correlation between motivation and interest in a quality, healthy lifestyle (p-value = 0.001). A strong correlation was found between motivation and a healthy lifestyle (r=0.909 and the interest variable p-value = 0.000, so it can be concluded that both have a significant relationship with a healthy lifestyle. Conclusion: The higher the motivation and interest, the better the clean and healthy behavior of students. The study’s results can be used as a reference so that the caregivers of the Islamic boarding school provide facilities and infrastructure that support the realization of a clean and healthy life behavior for students.