Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of University Students: The Role of Sense of Coherence and Family Health Climate

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 23 - 32, 31.01.2025

Ece Cerrahoğlu , Buket Ünver , İpek Ülkümen

https://doi.org/10.30621/jbachs.1393097

Abstract

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors of University Students: The Role of Sense of Coherence and Family Health Climate

Abstract

Background and Purpose: This study aims to examine the predictive role of individual sense of coherence, family sense of coherence and family health climate variables on university students' healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 371 university students aged 18-25. Sociodemographic Information Form, Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale, Sense of Coherence Scale, Family Sense of Coherence Scale, Family Health Climate Scale were applied to the participants in order to collect the research data. Correlation analysis, independent two-sample t-test, one-way ANOVA test and multiple linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data.

Results: According to the results of correlation analysis, a positive relationship was found between healthy lifestyle behaviors and individual sense of coherence, family sense of coherence and family health climate (p<.05). As a result of the multiple linear hierarchical regression analysis, after controlling for the gender variable, individual sense of coherence and family health climate variables significantly predicted healthy lifestyle behaviors (p<.05), while family sense of coherence had no significant predictive role on healthy lifestyle behaviors (p>.05).

Conclusion: The findings show that individual sense of coherence, family sense of coherence and family health climate variables are essential on university students' healthy lifestyle behaviors.

Keywords

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors, Individual Sense of Coherence, Family Sense of Coherence, Family Health Climate

Ethical Statement

Ethics committee approval of the study was obtained from Işık University Ethics Committee with the decision dated 18.04.2023 and numbered 26034.

Supporting Institution

The study is supported within the scope of TÜBİTAK 2209-A University Students Research Projects Support Program.

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