Environmental Science and Policy, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire, USA.
College of Business, Husson University, Bangor, Maine, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2024 Oct;72(7):2083-2089. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2103376. Epub 2022 Aug 5.
Health literacy is important while attending a residential college where daily decisions can impact one's physical and mental health and knowing who or what to trust for information is of the utmost importance in claiming more decision-making autonomy. A total of 189 students at a University in the Northeastern United States participated in this study. A cross-sectional survey assessment of shared beliefs around health behaviors was conducted. Areas of high consensus center around knowledge of positive health behaviors. Consensus lessens as participants are faced with statements that require more independent thinking, more information, and more subjectivity. Gender differences are also prevalent. Exercising agency is needed when making a commitment to one health choice vs. another. Agency in emerging adulthood has been found to be positively correlated with commitment and deliberate decision-making both of which are needed as college students face independent health choices.
健康素养很重要，尤其是在住校期间，每天的决策都会影响身心健康，了解信任谁以及从何处获取信息对于争取更多自主决策至关重要。本研究共纳入美国东北部一所大学的 189 名学生。采用横断面调查评估了健康行为方面的共同信念。在积极健康行为的知识方面存在高度共识，而随着参与者面对需要更多独立思考、更多信息和更多主观性的陈述，共识会减少。性别差异也很普遍。在做出一项健康选择与另一项健康选择的承诺时，需要运用代理权。在成年初显期，代理权与承诺和深思熟虑的决策呈正相关，而大学生面临独立的健康选择时，这两者都是必需的。
