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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.11.459

Effects of Obesity Stress and Health Belief on Weight Control Behavior among Nursing Students  

Ham, Mi-Young (Department of Nursing, Kyungmin University)
Lim, So-Hee (Department of Nursing, Kyungmin University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.11, 2017 , pp. 459-468 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the factors influencing how obesity stress and health belief impact weight control behavior among nursing students. Data were collected from nursing students in U city between September 1 and October 10, 2016 and analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and hierarchical multiple regression. Among the general characteristics of the subjects, gender (t=2.30, p=0.044) and health status (F=8.03, p<0.001) significantly influenced weight control behavior. There were negative correlations between diet therapy of weight control behavior (r=-0.26, p<0.001), exercise therapy (r=-0.25, p<0.001), behavior modification therapy (r=-0.29, p<0.001), and perceived barriers in health belief. In addition, acquiring special knowledge for weight control behavior showed positive correlations in obesity stress (r=0.42, p<0.001), perceived susceptibility (r=0.25, p<0.001) and perceived benefits (r=0.19, p<0.001). Furthermore, the significant factors influencing weight control behavior were perceived barriers (${\beta}=-0.30$, p<0.001) and obesity stress (${\beta}=0.20$, p<0.05) in health belief, and these factors explained 17.2% of the variance. Based on the study results, it is necessary to develop and apply effective educational programs that can influence weight control behavior through gender, health status, obesity stress and health beliefs, which determine weight control behavior of nursing students.
Keywords
Health Belief; Nursing Students; Obesity Stress; Perceived Barriers; Weight Control Behavior;
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