The main purpose of this study was to analyze
healthy lifestyle behaviours and social appereance
anxiety of housewivers 123 housewives participated
in this study who lives in the Mersin city
center. “Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours Scale II (HLBS
II)”and“Social Appearence Anxiety Scale (SAAS)”
were used for data collection. Parametric and nonparametric
tests were conducted for data analysis.
The results of the analysis revealed that housewivers
suffer from moderate level of social appereance anxiety
and get the lowest points from “physical activity”
sub-scale. HLBS II in the “stress management”
subscale; married women and women in “low” income
group are more successful than single women and
women in “middle and upper” income group, respectively
while in the subscale of “nutrition”, high-school
graduates are more successful than elementary and
secondary school graduates (p<.05). There is a positive correlation between the number of children and
SAAS and “health responsibility”, respectively while
there is a negative correlation between SAAS and
“self-acquisation” (p<.01). In conclusion, participation in
physical activity positively affects both social appearance
and healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Subjects | Sports Medicine, Health Care Administration |
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Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | August 16, 2017 |
Submission Date | September 13, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 |
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