A Study on The Examination of University Students' Cultures Of Being Healthy

Year 2023, , 727 - 735, 28.09.2023

Murat Bekleyiş Apaydın , Mustafa Kızılkoca

https://doi.org/10.38021/asbid.1252012

Abstract

Our current study was conducted to determine the healthy culture behaviors of University students. In our study, the Healthy Being Culture (Healthism) Behaviors Scale, which was created by Alfrey et al. (2019) and adapted to Turkish by Uğraş et al. (2021), consisting of 2 sub-dimensions and a total of 14 items, was used. Before the study, the necessary permissions from the relevant institution were accustomed and the necessary information was provided to the students who participated in our research. In the evaluation of the findings obtained, SPSS 22 statistical program developed for social and health sciences was used. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) in the comparison of the mean of the responses of more than two variables in our study; In the comparison of the mean of less than two variables, independent sample t test was used. The mean age in the study was: 21.57±1.9 years; female (n=243, 51.1%); A total of 476 male (n=233, 48.9%) university students participated voluntarily. At the end of the research, according to the faculty variable, it was found that the criticism of individual actions and the Judgment sub-dimension were significant at the level of p<0.05; According to the gender variable, the criticism of individual actions was found to be a significant differentiation.

Keywords

Healthism, Physical Activity, Obesity

Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Sağlıklı Olma Kültürü Davranışlarının Araştırılması

Abstract

Mevcut çalışmamız üniversitesi öğrencilerinin sağlıklı olmak kültürü davranışlarını tespiti için yapılmıştır. Sunulan çalışmamızda 2 alt boyut toplam 14 maddeden oluşan Alfrey ve ark. (2019) tarafından oluşturulmuş ve Türkçe uyarlaması Uğraş ve Ark. (2021) yapılmış olan Sağlıklı Olma Kültürü (Healtism) Davranışları Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Çalışma öncesi ilgili kurumdan gerekli izinler alışmış olup araştırmamıza katılan öğrencilere gerekli bilgilendirme yapılmıştır. Elde edilen bulguların değerlendirilmesinde sosyal ve sağlık bilimleri için geliştirilen SPSS 22 istatistik programı kullanılmıştır. Çalışmamızda ikiden fazla değişkenlerin verdikleri cevapların ortalamalarının karşılaştırılmasında tek yönlü varyans analizi (ANOVA); ikiden az değişkenin ortalamalarının karşılaştırılmasında ise bağımsız örneklem t test kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada yaş ortalaması: 21,57±1,9 olan; kız (n=243, %51,1); erkek (n=233, %48,9) toplam 476 üniversitesi öğrencisi gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Araştırma sonunda fakülte değişkenine göre Bireysel eylemlerin eleştirisi ve Yargı alt boyutunda p<0,05 düzeyinde anlamlı olduğu bulgusuna; cinsiyet değişkenine göre ise Bireysel eylemlerin eleştirisi anlamlı farklılaşma olduğu bulgusuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Sağlıklı Olma Kültürü, Fiziksel Aktivite, Obezite

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