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The effects of personal and environmental factors on health behavior of older adults

Seigley, Loretta
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1057949398

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1995, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Nursing.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of personal factors, self-esteem and functional health and environmental factors, social support and resource availability, on health behaviors of older adults. The effects of health behavior on self perceived health were also examined. Self reported survey data were collected from a sample of 120 subjects. Results of multiple regression analysis indicated that the combination of personal and environmental factors explained 13% of the variance in health behaviors for the older adult sample. Resource availability and functional health made significant independent contributions to the explanation of health behavior. The addition of variables representing the interaction of social support and functional health and the interaction of social support and self esteem significantly increased the explained variance in health behavior for older adults living in resource poor environments. Health behavior did not explain self-perceived health for this sample.
Sue Fink (Advisor)
140 p.
Health Sciences, Nursing
Health behavior, older adults; Personal and environmental factors

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  • Seigley, L. (1995). The effects of personal and environmental factors on health behavior of older adults [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1057949398

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Seigley, Loretta. The effects of personal and environmental factors on health behavior of older adults. 1995. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1057949398.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Seigley, Loretta. "The effects of personal and environmental factors on health behavior of older adults." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1057949398

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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