The Relationship between Health Locus of Control and Health Promoting Behaviors in the Nursing Students

Park, In-Soon; Kim, Ran

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education 2006;12(2):162-169.
Published online December 31, 2006.

Park, In-Soon;Kim, Ran;

¹Chosun Nursing College
²Chosun Nursing College

간호대학생의 건강통제위와 건강증진행위와의 관계

박인순, 김란

¹조선간호대학
²조선간호대학

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between Health Locus of Control(HLOC) and Health Promoting Behaviors(HPB) in the nursing college students. Method: Data were collected by the structured questionnaires from 485 nursing students in Gwangju. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient and Simple regression. Result: The mean score for the HLOC of the nursing students was Internal: 23.858, Powerful others: 17.619, Chance: 15.076. The total mean score for HPB was 2.45(range 1-4). The highest score on the subscale was self-actualization(M=2.914), and the lowest was health responsibility(M=1.905). The score between HPB and HLOC-internal(r=.302, p=.000), HLOC-powerful others (r=.329, p=.000), HLOC-chance(r=.146, p=.001) showed a significantly positive correlation. By means of simple regression analysis, HLOC explained 14.3% of HPB. Conclusion: This study suggests that HLOC accounted for 14.3 % of HPB in the nursing college students.

Key Words: Locus of control, Health promotion, Nursing student