A Cross-cultural Comparison of Health Promoting Behaviors Among College Students

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  • Steven R. Hawks
  • Hala N. Madanat
  • Ray M. Merrill
  • Takeo Miyagawa
چکیده

English: The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP) was used to compare the prevalence of selected behaviors between 594 college students residing in the US, and 629 students residing in Japan. No significant differences were found on subscales for stress management and interpersonal relations. Japanese students, however, scored higher on nutrition and health responsibility subscales, whereas US students scored higher on spiritual growth and exercise subscales. Paradoxically, Japanese students reported higher levels of restrictive dieting and placed greater importance on weight loss, but US students were more likely to be actively trying to lose weight and to have had experience with eating disorders. Differences in social environments were considered in the interpretation of results. Arguments are made for addressing the macro level determinants of health behaviors as part of the design and implementation of population based health education programs. Spanish: El "Health-promoting Lifestyle Profile"/HPLP ( "Perfil del Estilo de Vida conducente a la Promocióón de la Salud") fuéé usado para comparar la prevalencia de los comportamientos seleccionados entre 594 estudiantes universitarios que viven en los Estados Unidos y 629 estudiantes que viven en Japóón. No se encontraron diferencias significativas entre las sub-escalas del manejo del estréés y relaciones inter-personales. Sinembargo, los estudiantes Japoneses tuvieron puntajes máás altos en las sub-escalas de nutricióón y responsabilidad hacia la salud, mientras que los estudiantes de los Estados Unidos tuvieron puntajes mayores en las escalas de crecimiento espiritual y ejercicio. Paradóójicamente, los estudiantes Japoneses reportaron unos niveles máás altos de dietas restrictivas y demostraron un mayor importancia hacia la péérdida de peso, pero los estudiantes de los Estados Unidos estaban máás dispuestos a tratar de perder peso activamente y estaban máás predispuestos a tener experiencias relacionadas con los desóórdenes del consumo alimentario. Las diferencias en los ambientes sociales fueron consideradas en el proceso de interpretacióón de los resultados. Los argumentos fueron hechos de tal manera que cubríían el nivel amplio de los determinantes de los comportamientos en salud como parte del diseñño y la implementacióón de los programas de educacióón en salud para esta poblacióón.

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تاریخ انتشار 2002