Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

Choo Ja Chung

2 Articles

Structural Equation Model for the Health Behaviors of University Students in Korea: Sung Eun Yi, Ka Sil Oh, Young Joo Park, Jeong Ah Kim, Hee Soon Kim, Kyoung Ok Oh, Sook Ja Lee, Hoa Yun Jun, Choo Ja Chung, Sang Soon Choi, Hyun Chul Kang; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2004;34(6):903-912. Published online March 28, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2004.34.6.903

Purpose

A structural equation model was analysed to explore the determinants of health behaviors of university students in Korea.

Metnod

Nine hundred sixty nine university students were selected by random cluster sampling from five universities located in the central area of Korea.

Data Collection

The data was collected by questionnaires about demographic characteristics, stressful life events, perceived social support, perceived health status and health behaviors.
RESULTS
1. Gender showed indirect effect on health behaviors. 2. Living together with(out) family had a direct effecton health behaviors: students living with family showed more positive health behaviors. 3. Stressful life events had an indirect effect on health behaviors via perceived health status;a higher score of stressful life events was the predictor for negative health behaviors. 4. A higher score of perceived health status predicted positive health behaviors.

Recommendation

Each university should be encouraged to develop a health behavior control program and health promotion program for their own university students. It would be more effective to develop health programs separately according to the demographic or social characteristics of the students. It is also necessary for the Ministry of Education to reform the School Health Act and school health policy to strengthen a health promotion program for university students. In conclusion, following studies should identify and promote the validity and reliability of perceived health status and health behaviors measurements.

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Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Health Behaviors of Korean Undergraduate Students: Young Joo Park, Sook Ja Lee, Ka Sil Oh, Kyoung Ok Oh, Jeong Ah Kim, Hee Soon Kim, Sang Soon Choi, Sung Eun Yi, Choo Ja Chung, Hoa Yun Jun; Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2002;32(6):792-802. Published online March 29, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2002.32.6.792

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PURPOSE: This cross-sectional study was designed to explore the relationship among social support, experienced stressful life events and health behaviors of Korean undergraduate students, and validate the mediator effect of social support. METHOD: One thousand four hundred fifty-three undergraduate students were randomly selected from five universities located in the middle area of Korea. RESULT: The health behaviors of Korean undergraduates tend to have unhealthy patterns. In the case of the students living without family, experiencing more stressful life events and perceiving lower social support, health behaviors are poor. The relationship between perceived social supports, the frequency of the experienced stressful life events and the score of health behavior patterns is statistically significant. After controlling the effect of social support, the correlation coefficient between the frequency of experienced stressful life events and the score of health behavior patterns was slightly lower. The score of health behaviors between the group with an extremely high score of social support and the group with an extremely low score were statistically significantly different. CONCLUSION: Future studies need to be pursued to develop various strategies such as a health education programs and counseling programs for health maintenance and health promotion of undergraduates.

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