Bibliographic citations
Saravia, J., (2013). Factores psicológicos y conductuales de la salud en un grupo de universitarios de Lima Metropolitana [Tesis, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/5009
Saravia, J., Factores psicológicos y conductuales de la salud en un grupo de universitarios de Lima Metropolitana [Tesis]. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/5009
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title = "Factores psicológicos y conductuales de la salud en un grupo de universitarios de Lima Metropolitana",
author = "Saravia Drago, Juan Carlos",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2013"
}
The aim of this study was to assess the influence of sense of coherence and health behaviors in perceived mental and physical health in universities students. The sample was composed of 448 students between 18 and 29 years of age (M = 23.1 years old, SD = 1.95), 58% were males and 42 % females from different academic programs. Linear regression models were assessed for mental and physical health. Results showed that sense f coherence, sex, use of spare time and sleep influenced mental health. Meanwhile, physical health was influenced by sense of coherence, use of spare time, physical activity, sleep, sex and diet. Both psychological and behavioral factors influence mental and physical health. Moreover, coping mechanisms such as sense of coherence are very important for health especially mental health. Gender proved to be an important variable in these models and demonstrated that there is a difference between perceived mental and physical health in men and women. The use of spare time revealed to be the most influential behavior in both models and sleep demonstrated to also have an important influence in health. One hypothesis for these findings is that college students might tend to focus these activities as a source of physical health while not thinking on mental health. Key Words Sense of Coherence, health behaviors, perceived health
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