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Health-Promoting Behaviors And Subjective Well-Being Among High School Students, Nicholas David W. Smith
Health-Promoting Behaviors And Subjective Well-Being Among High School Students, Nicholas David W. Smith
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In positive psychology, a greater emphasis is placed on the presence of indicators of both physical and mental health. This study examined the relationship between 12 health-promoting behaviors and subjective well-being (SWB; e.g., happiness) in a sample of 450 high school aged youth from five high schools in two states. Participants reported on their dietary habits, physical activity, abstinence from tobacco products, abstinence from alcohol, and sleep hygiene (i.e., 8 unique components) as well as a multidimensional assessment of SWB (i.e., life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect). It was hypothesized that increased engagement in each of the health-promoting behaviors …
Abroad View Of Wellness, Patrick Kunkel, Megan Mills, Seth Clark
Abroad View Of Wellness, Patrick Kunkel, Megan Mills, Seth Clark
Masters Theses/Capstone Projects
A presentation on a Study Abroad trip taken to Hungary.
Utilizing Wellness Champions To Live Ohiohealthy, Elizabeth K. Krebs
Utilizing Wellness Champions To Live Ohiohealthy, Elizabeth K. Krebs
Masters Theses/Capstone Projects
No abstract provided.
Wellness In Asexual-Identified Individuals: The Impact Of Social Support And Microaggressions, Elisa Marie Woodruff
Wellness In Asexual-Identified Individuals: The Impact Of Social Support And Microaggressions, Elisa Marie Woodruff
Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations
One hundred sixty asexual identified individuals living in the United States were recruited from asexual online communities. The participants completed a comprehensive survey consisting of Zimet et al.’s 1988 Multidimensional Scale of Social Support, Foster’s 2017 Asexual Microaggression Scale, and the Five Factor Wellness Inventory Adult Version Revised (FFWEL-A2) developed by Myers and Sweeney in 2014, as well as 15-item demographic items. Regression models were used to assess relationships among the factors.
Social support was found to have a significant positive impact on participant wellness, supporting previous social science research. Microaggressions were not found to have a negative impact on …