TY - JOUR
T1 - The Association between Social Support and Health Behaviors for Metabolic Syndrome Prevention among University Students
T2 - The Mediating Effect of Perceived Stress
AU - Sooyeon, Park
AU - Suah, Cho
AU - Eugene, Lee
AU - Sungchul, Choi
AU - Jina, Choo
N1 - Funding Information:
-This work has supported by the HELP-U Research Scholoarship of Korea University and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant by the Korea government (No. NRF-2019R1A2C1004116).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Executive Leader, Expert Group on Health Promotion for the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul, Transdisciplinary Major in Learning Health Systems, Department of Healthcare Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea Purpose: Health behaviors for metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevention should be emphasized from early adulthood. There is little information on psychosocial factors associated with health behaviors for MetS prevention. The aim of this study was to determine whether there would be a mediating effect of perceived stress on the association between social support and health behaviors for MetS prevention among university students. Methods: This cross-sectional and correlation study was conducted with 502 university students in South Korea. Social support, perceived stress, and lifestyle evaluation for metabolic syndrome scales were used. Online questionnaire survey was conducted between November and December 2019. The mediating effect of social support on health behaviors for MetS prevention was analyzed using PROCESS macro program with bootstrapping method to test our hypotheses. Results: Social support directly influenced perceived stress (β=-.35, p<.001) and health behaviors for MetS prevention (β=.14, p=.002). Health behaviors for MetS prevention was indirectly influenced by perceived stress (β=-.25, p<.001). The size of indirect effect of social support on health behaviors for MetS prevention was 0.06. Conclusions: The association of social support and health behaviors for MetS prevention was partially mediated by perceived stress among university students. Therefore, a university-based nursing intervention should comprise social support strategies with stress management to promote health behaviors for MetS prevention.
AB - Executive Leader, Expert Group on Health Promotion for the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul, Transdisciplinary Major in Learning Health Systems, Department of Healthcare Sciences, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea Purpose: Health behaviors for metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevention should be emphasized from early adulthood. There is little information on psychosocial factors associated with health behaviors for MetS prevention. The aim of this study was to determine whether there would be a mediating effect of perceived stress on the association between social support and health behaviors for MetS prevention among university students. Methods: This cross-sectional and correlation study was conducted with 502 university students in South Korea. Social support, perceived stress, and lifestyle evaluation for metabolic syndrome scales were used. Online questionnaire survey was conducted between November and December 2019. The mediating effect of social support on health behaviors for MetS prevention was analyzed using PROCESS macro program with bootstrapping method to test our hypotheses. Results: Social support directly influenced perceived stress (β=-.35, p<.001) and health behaviors for MetS prevention (β=.14, p=.002). Health behaviors for MetS prevention was indirectly influenced by perceived stress (β=-.25, p<.001). The size of indirect effect of social support on health behaviors for MetS prevention was 0.06. Conclusions: The association of social support and health behaviors for MetS prevention was partially mediated by perceived stress among university students. Therefore, a university-based nursing intervention should comprise social support strategies with stress management to promote health behaviors for MetS prevention.
KW - Health behavior
KW - Metabolic syndrome
KW - Psychological stress
KW - Social support
KW - Universities
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U2 - 10.12799/jkachn.2021.32.3.404
DO - 10.12799/jkachn.2021.32.3.404
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119508316
VL - 32
SP - 404
EP - 414
JO - Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
JF - Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
SN - 1225-9594
IS - 3
ER -