Baskici Cigdem, Gokmen Yunus
Başkent University, Türkiye.
J Health Psychol. 2025 May;30(6):1258-1277. doi: 10.1177/13591053241265999. Epub 2024 Aug 2.
In this study, we aimed to explore the effects of Internal/Chance/Powerful Others Health Locus of Control (IHLC/CHLC/PHLC) on the healthy lifestyle and to assess the sensitivity of the healthy lifestyle to sociodemographic variables. To achieve this goal, we collected data by performing online and hand-delivered surveys ( = 950) with individuals aged 18 or older in Türkiye. The results showed that IHLC and PHLC had positive and significant effects on Healthy Lifestyle Index (HLI). However, the results expressed that CHLC had no negative and significant effect on HLI. Our assessment of a healthy lifestyle in terms of health locus of control (HLC) and sociodemographic variables revealed important findings, which may contribute to the development of public health strategies in several ways; for example, they can be used as a framework to conduct public health interventions that promote a healthy lifestyle.
在本研究中，我们旨在探讨内控/机遇/强大他人健康控制点（IHLC/CHLC/PHLC）对健康生活方式的影响，并评估健康生活方式对社会人口统计学变量的敏感性。为实现这一目标，我们通过对土耳其18岁及以上的个体进行在线和上门调查（n = 950）来收集数据。结果表明，IHLC和PHLC对健康生活方式指数（HLI）有积极且显著的影响。然而，结果表明CHLC对HLI没有消极且显著的影响。我们根据健康控制点（HLC）和社会人口统计学变量对健康生活方式进行的评估揭示了重要发现，这些发现可能会在多个方面有助于公共卫生策略的制定；例如，它们可以用作开展促进健康生活方式的公共卫生干预措施的框架。
