중년여성의 영적안녕, 사회적 지지가 건강증진행위에 미치는 영향

Influence of Spiritual Wellbeing and Social Support on Health Promotion Behavior in Middle Aged Women

Purpose: This study was to identify the impact of spiritual wellbeing and social support on the Health promotion behavior among middle aged women. The research design was descriptive study. Methods: The subjects completed structured questionnaires: the ‘Spiritual Well-being Scale’, developed by Paloutzian & Ellison, Social Support Scale developed by Zimert et al MSPSS, ‘HPLP scale’ developed by Sechrist & Pender. Data were collected from 214 middle aged women in B metropolitan city, J city. The data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Scheffe s test, Pearson s correlation coefficients, and multiple Stepwise regression. Results: Participants with higher health promotion behavior had higher scores for spiritual wellbeing (r=.22, p<.001) and higher scores for social support (r=.49, p=.011). The factors seen as contributing to health promotion behavior were spiritual wellbeing, social support, utilization of spare time, and perceived health status. These variables were explained 42% of the variance in health promotion behavior. Conclusion : The health promotion behavior of middle aged women can be increased if social support and spiritual wellbeing is improved. Therefore, we suggested to develop nursing intervention programs in order to improve social support and spiritual wellbeing of middle aged women for increasing their health promotion behavior.