The mediating role of health behaviors in the relationship between internal locus of control and life satisfaction in public health students.
Health behaviors
Life satisfaction
Mediation analysis
Multidimensional health locus of control
Public health students
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 Aug 2024
17 Aug 2024
Historique:
received:
05
11
2023
accepted:
13
08
2024
medline:
18
8
2024
pubmed:
18
8
2024
entrez:
17
8
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Well-being is a continuous process requiring decisions and actions to maintain or build health. This study examines the indirect effect of health locus of control on life satisfaction via healthy behaviors based on living systems theory. Participants were 730 students of various majors related to medicine and health, aged between 19 and 30 (M = 22.29, SD = 1.64), including 79.04% women. Self-report measures were used to assess life satisfaction, multidimensional health locus of control, and health behavior. Women scored higher than men on the total health behavior scale, especially in a healthy diet and preventive behavior. Men scored higher than women on internal health locus of control (HLC), while women scored higher than men on the powerful others HLC in making decisions about their health. The study confirmed the mediating effect of healthy behavior on the relationship between the internal HLC and life satisfaction. The present mechanism highlights the crucial role of internal motivation in increasing subjective well-being by maintaining health behaviors among young adults. The role of intervention programs focused on improving internal HLC and health behaviors is discussed.
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pubmed: 39154042
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-70178-z
pii: 10.1038/s41598-024-70178-z
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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