Engelsk titel: Health behaviour and sense of coherence among pupils aged 14-15
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Författare:
Myrin B
;
Lagerström M
Email: britta.myrin@omv.ki.se
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 32
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 06113260
Sammanfattning
Aim: The overall aim of the study was to investigate if there was a relationship between health behaviour and sense of coherence (SOC) in pupils aged 14-15. A specific aim was to investigate if socioeconomic areas and sex could be related to health behaviour and SOC of these pupils.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of pupils in grade eight selected from primary schools in Stockholm city with regard to socioeconomic area. The final sample of the study was 383: 196 girls and 187 boys. Two questionnaires, the Health Profile Scale measuring health behaviour and the Sense of Coherence Scale were used to collect data.
Results: Of the total group, girls had a significantly lower SOC mean score compared to boys. There were differences in health behaviour related to both SOC and sex. In comparison with boys, the girls showed a lower SOC in several health behaviours, e.g. breakfast, dinner, alcohol and bed-going habits. The pupils in the high socioeconomic area showed a low SOC score in several health behaviours.
Conclusion: The findings in this study were that girls aged 14-15 had a lower SOC mean score compared to boys. The girls showed a lower SOC score related to several health behaviours. There were no significant differences in the SOC mean scores between the two socioeconomic areas. Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons.