THE RELATIONSHIPS OF SELF-MOTIVATION AND PERCEIVED PERSONAL COMPETENCE TO ENGAGING IN A HEALTH-PROMOTING LIFESTYLE FOR MEN IN CARDIAC REHABILITATION PROGRAMS.
Contributors: New York University.
Published: 1993
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Health.; Psychology, Behavioral.
Description: Health care in the United States is advancing toward a focus on health promotion with the goal of achieving a better quality of life for all Americans. Pender's Health Promotion Model provided the framework for this study which examined the relationships of self-motivation and perceived personal competence to engaging in a health-promoting lifestyle. The study explored validation and possible refinement of the model as proposed by Pender and her colleagues.

A sample of 135 men participating in the maintenance phase of cardiac rehabilitation programs who were between the ages of 37 and 79 completed the Self-Motivation Index (SMI), Self Performance Survey (SPS), Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP), and a Biographical Data Sheet. The first hypothesis, predicting a positive relationship between self-motivation and engaging in a health-promoting lifestyle, was supported (r =.47, p $<$.001). The second hypothesis, predicting a positive relationship between perceived personal competence and engaging in a health-promoting lifestyle, was supported (r =.43, p $<$.001). The third hypothesis, predicting that perceived personal competence augments the positive relationship of self-motivation to engaging in a health-promoting lifestyle, was not supported.

Hierarchical multiple regression analysis determined that self-motivation and perceived personal competence explained 28% of the variance in health-promoting lifestyle. Additional variables accounted for approximately another 10% of the variance in HPLP scores including perceived health status which accounted for 3.9% of the additional variance. Supplementary analysis revealed that men who reported a history of heart attach scored significantly lower on the HPLP than those men who did not report a history of heart attack. However, no differences were found for those men who reported a history of bypass surgery or angioplasty and those who did not.

The findings of this study help to extend the previous research using the Health Promotion Model and provide validation for inclusion of self-motivation and perceived personal competence in the Health Promotion Model.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-08, Section: B, page: 4085.

Thesis (PH.D.)--NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 1993.

School code: 0146.