The Effect of Senior's Lifestyle on Health Promotion Behaviors: The Mediating Effect of Health Control Behavior

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of senior lifestyle on health promotion behavior and to investigate the mediating effects of health control behavior on these relationships. For this purpose, an online survey (under Corona 19 Pendemic Situation) was conducted from July 18 to August 20, 2021 for seniors in their 50s, 60s and 70s, and finally 412 data were used for analysis. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS for Win 27.0 and the mediating effect was analyzed by hierarchical regression analysis. The main results of the study are as follows. First, it was confirmed that senior's lifestyle had a positive effect on health promotion behavior. Second, health control behavior had a positive effect on health promotion behavior. Third, it was confirmed that the mediating effect of internal and other dependent health control behavior was significant in the relationship between lifestyle and health promotion behavior. Fourth, it was confirmed that the mediating effect of accidental health control behavior was not significant in the relationship between lifestyle and health promotion behavior. Based on this, this study suggested the necessity of changing into internal and other dependent health control behaviors in order to maintain health when the health control behaviors of accidental tendencies are high. In this study, the degree of internal and other dependent health control behaviors and the degree of tendency of accidental health control behaviors were diagnosed and educated.