Rogowska A.M., Nowak P.F., Kostjuchenko V.F., Chistyakov V.A., Orekhov E.F. Health-related behaviours and the perceived health locus of control in physical education students: a pilot study

DOI: 10.5930/issn.1994-4683.2013.12.106.p130-136
 
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While training to fulfil the socio-professional role of an individual fostering physical and health culture, people should be characterized by a high level of health-related behaviors and a perceived internal locus of control with regard to health. The goal of this work is to describe the lifestyle of physical education students in comparison to a reference group and to define the relationships between particular types of health-related behaviors and the perceived locus of health control. A sample of physical education students was compared to the reference group representing the technological science faculty: Automatic Control Engineering and Robotics. The sample was selected for a pilot research in a public university in the south- west of Poland. Self-reported questionnaires were used in the present research: the Health Behavior Inventory (HBI) and the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC). Alcohol Drinking Scale (ADS) was assessed by using five questions derived from a questionnaire applied in the research program Universities Free from Addictions (Sieros?awski 2004). Physical education students demonstrated higher levels of pro-health behaviors compared to the reference group, especially in Healthy Practices (HP). Moreover, significant differences were noted about the Powerful Others Externality (PHLC); physical education students demonstrated higher level of PHLC compared to the control group. The ADS revealed a negative correlation with Preventive Behavior (PB) and positive correlation with the Internality (IHLC). Research in a larger sample size of students representing various faculties seems justified for the needs of building efficient preventive programs.
Keywords: health-related behaviors, healthy lifestyle, health locus of control, prevention, students.
 

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