Author: Marion L. Askegaard
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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The Impact of a College Wellness Course on Wellness Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior
Author: Marion L. Askegaard
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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The Impact of an Undergraduate Health Education Class on Students' Wellness Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior
Author: Jeremy Thomas Barnes
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether increased levels of wellness knowledge in a student population resulted in better attitudes towards health and the increased use of health promoting behaviors during the semester the class was taken, and whether any increase had a sustained effect. The study utilized a two group repeated measures design with an experimental and a control group. The Wellness Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Instrument was used to gather data. This instrument measures college students' wellness knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in the areas of physical activity, nutrition and stress management. The instrument was administered at the beginning of the health education class (pre), at the completion of the health class (post), and four months after the completion of the class (post-post). A total of 130 subjects completed the instrument on three occasions. Results using repeated measure ANOVA showed there was a significant increase in the wellness knowledge scores of the experimental group from the pre to the post data collections and the scores remained significantly higher at the post-post data collection. There was no significant increase in the attitude scores of the experimental group from the pre to the post data collection but the attitude scores were significantly higher at the post-post collection compared to the pre collection. Finally, there was a significant increase in the behavior scores of the experimental group from the pre to the post data collection and they remained significantly higher at the post-post collection. ANCOVA showed that the wellness knowledge scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than the knowledge scores of the control group at both post and post-post data collections. The wellness attitude scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than the attitude scores of the control group at the post, but not at the post-post data collection. The wellness behavior scores of the experimental group were not significantly higher than the behavior scores of the control group at either post or post-post data collection. There were shown to be significant but weak relationships between wellness knowledge, attitude, and behavior. Explanations for the findings were suggested and further studies were recommended.
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether increased levels of wellness knowledge in a student population resulted in better attitudes towards health and the increased use of health promoting behaviors during the semester the class was taken, and whether any increase had a sustained effect. The study utilized a two group repeated measures design with an experimental and a control group. The Wellness Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Instrument was used to gather data. This instrument measures college students' wellness knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors in the areas of physical activity, nutrition and stress management. The instrument was administered at the beginning of the health education class (pre), at the completion of the health class (post), and four months after the completion of the class (post-post). A total of 130 subjects completed the instrument on three occasions. Results using repeated measure ANOVA showed there was a significant increase in the wellness knowledge scores of the experimental group from the pre to the post data collections and the scores remained significantly higher at the post-post data collection. There was no significant increase in the attitude scores of the experimental group from the pre to the post data collection but the attitude scores were significantly higher at the post-post collection compared to the pre collection. Finally, there was a significant increase in the behavior scores of the experimental group from the pre to the post data collection and they remained significantly higher at the post-post collection. ANCOVA showed that the wellness knowledge scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than the knowledge scores of the control group at both post and post-post data collections. The wellness attitude scores of the experimental group were significantly higher than the attitude scores of the control group at the post, but not at the post-post data collection. The wellness behavior scores of the experimental group were not significantly higher than the behavior scores of the control group at either post or post-post data collection. There were shown to be significant but weak relationships between wellness knowledge, attitude, and behavior. Explanations for the findings were suggested and further studies were recommended.
The Facilitative Factor of an Undergraduate Wellness Laboratory Course on Affecting Wellness Attitudes and Behavior
Author: James Gordon Johnson
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Category : Health education
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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This study examined the facilitative erect of an undergraduate wellness laboratory course, as an extension of a wellness lecture course, on affecting undergraduate wellness attitudes and behavior. Included in this study was an investigation of the effects of the demographic variables of gender, age, class standing, ethnicity, and living arrangements toward wellness attitudes and behavior. The wellness focus was limited to three components: (1) physical activity, (2) stress management, and (3) nutrition. The study used a pretest-posttest control group design with 54 subjects in the control group, and 65 subjects in the treatment group. The questionnaire used in this investigation was the Wellness Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Instrument (Dinger, 1994), amended to address attitudes and behaviors exclusively. The results of this study did not reveal statistically significant differences in the attitudes, or behaviors, of the experimental subjects toward physical activity, stress management, or nutrition, due to additional exposure to a wellness laboratory course. However, participation in a wellness lecture course and a wellness lecture with laboratory component, significantly improved student attitudes toward physical activity and stress management, and student behaviors toward stress management. Gender was found to be a factor in attitudes toward stress management (females had higher scores and displayed the most improvement over time than males in both groups), and nutrition (males in both groups improved over time, while the females declined). Gender was also a factor in behavior toward stress management (both males and females improved over time in both groups, the females recorded higher pretest and posttest scores). Although not significant, attitudes toward physical activity improved over time in both groups, but behavior toward physical activity improved more in the experimental group. Attitudes toward stress management showed mean score improvements in both groups over time, but larger improvements were noted in the experimental group in behavior toward stress management. Both groups showed a decline over time in attitudes toward nutrition, but the control group showed improved scores over time in their behavior toward nutrition.
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Category : Health education
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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This study examined the facilitative erect of an undergraduate wellness laboratory course, as an extension of a wellness lecture course, on affecting undergraduate wellness attitudes and behavior. Included in this study was an investigation of the effects of the demographic variables of gender, age, class standing, ethnicity, and living arrangements toward wellness attitudes and behavior. The wellness focus was limited to three components: (1) physical activity, (2) stress management, and (3) nutrition. The study used a pretest-posttest control group design with 54 subjects in the control group, and 65 subjects in the treatment group. The questionnaire used in this investigation was the Wellness Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Instrument (Dinger, 1994), amended to address attitudes and behaviors exclusively. The results of this study did not reveal statistically significant differences in the attitudes, or behaviors, of the experimental subjects toward physical activity, stress management, or nutrition, due to additional exposure to a wellness laboratory course. However, participation in a wellness lecture course and a wellness lecture with laboratory component, significantly improved student attitudes toward physical activity and stress management, and student behaviors toward stress management. Gender was found to be a factor in attitudes toward stress management (females had higher scores and displayed the most improvement over time than males in both groups), and nutrition (males in both groups improved over time, while the females declined). Gender was also a factor in behavior toward stress management (both males and females improved over time in both groups, the females recorded higher pretest and posttest scores). Although not significant, attitudes toward physical activity improved over time in both groups, but behavior toward physical activity improved more in the experimental group. Attitudes toward stress management showed mean score improvements in both groups over time, but larger improvements were noted in the experimental group in behavior toward stress management. Both groups showed a decline over time in attitudes toward nutrition, but the control group showed improved scores over time in their behavior toward nutrition.
The Effects of a College Health/wellness Course on Selected Health Behaviors of Two-year College Students
Author: Gary A. Preston
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 182
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Development and Validation of The Wellness Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior Instrument
Author: Mary Kathryn Dinger
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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The Impact of a Web-based Versus Face-to-face Instructional Format of a Lifetime Fitness Course on Students' Wellness Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors and Levels of Health-related Physical Fitness
Author: Joan Brewer
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Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Dissertation Abstracts International
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 672
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Examining the Effects of a One-semester Health Behavior Course on College Students' Perception of Wellness
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Languages : en
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Languages : en
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Impact of Health Education and Physical Activity Courses on the Attitudes and Behaviors of College Students
Author: Brigitte Pirson
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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The Effect of a Wellness Course on College Students Self-reported Behavior
Author: Frederick Shudra
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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