Mahat G, Scoloveno M A
College of Nursing, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark 07102, USA.
J Pediatr Health Care. 2001 Sep-Oct;15(5):251-5. doi: 10.1067/mph.2001.113002.
Nepalese adolescents, like their counterparts in other places of the world, need to focus on positive health care practices. There is a paucity of studies on factors that influence positive health practices among adolescents in developing countries such as Nepal. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships between social support, self-esteem, hopefulness, and positive health practices among Nepalese adolescent girls.
A convenience sample of 101 Nepalese adolescent girls participated in the study. The Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, Personal Resource Questionnaire, Part II, The Hopefulness Scale for Adolescents, and The Personal Lifestyle Questionnaire were used to measure self-esteem, social support, hope, and health practices of adolescents, respectively. Pearson product moment correlations were used to analyze the data.
Statistically positive correlations were found between positive health practices and social support, self-esteem, and hope.
The data demonstrated that social support, self-esteem, and hope relate to positive health practices of Nepalese adolescent girls. Nurse practitioners and other health care providers need to better understand factors that impact the health of adolescents around the world.
尼泊尔青少年与世界其他地方的青少年一样,需要关注积极的健康保健行为。在尼泊尔等发展中国家,关于影响青少年积极健康行为的因素的研究较少。本研究的目的是探讨尼泊尔少女社会支持、自尊、希望与积极健康行为之间的关系。
101名尼泊尔少女的便利样本参与了本研究。分别使用罗森伯格自尊量表、个人资源问卷第二部分、青少年希望量表和个人生活方式问卷来测量青少年的自尊、社会支持、希望和健康行为。采用皮尔逊积差相关分析数据。
在积极健康行为与社会支持、自尊和希望之间发现了统计学上的正相关。
数据表明,社会支持、自尊和希望与尼泊尔少女的积极健康行为有关。执业护士和其他医疗保健提供者需要更好地了解影响世界各地青少年健康的因素。