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The Effect of Oral Health Promotion Behaviors on Active-Passive Procrastination

The purpose of this study was to reveal the association between oral health promotion behaviors on active-passive procrastination. Active procrastination was composed of outcome satisfaction, preference for pressure, intentional decisions to procrastinate and the ability to meet deadlines. We thought these factors affect oral health promotion behaviors. For this study, 252 adults in Busan, Ulsan and Gyeongnam participated. The data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, pearson’s correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression analysis using the SPSS 21.0 program. In conclusion, we obtained the following results. First, the mean of passive procrastination was 2.60 out of 5. Second, the mean of active procrastination was 3.03 out of 5. In terms of the ability to meet deadlines, (3.60) is the highest, followed by outcome satisfaction(3.01), preference for pressure(2.98) and intentional decisions to procrastinate(2.52). Third, the passive procrastination had a significant negative correlation with oral health promotion behaviors(β=-.615), adjusted R2=.376.Fourth,the influencing factor in oral health promotion behaviors were the ability to meet deadlines (β=.511), adjusted R2=.258. According to the results, passive procrastination is effective in decreasing oral health promotion behaviors, while active procrastination is effective in increasing oral health promotion behaviors.