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Research indicates that university students fail to exhibit satisfactory levels of health-oriented behaviors regarding their diets, physical activity, preventive practices, alcohol and drug use, coping with stress, personal relationships and mental health. This study examines the differences in health behaviors between genders and BA majors. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 220 second-year undergraduate students, aged between 19 and 41 (M = 21.98, SD = 2.89), divided into three groups according to their BA majors: Physical Education (PE, n = 88, 40.00%), Technical Engineering (TE, n = 67, 30.46%), and Social Sciences (SS, n = 65, 29.55%). The majority of the subjects were males (n = 147, 66.82%). A paper-and-pencil self-report questionnaire, the Health Behavior Inventory (HBI), which includes four subscales: healthy habits nutrition (HHN), preventive behavior (PB), positive adjustments (PA), and healthy practices (HP) was used for this purpose. The results of the Student’s t-test indicates that female university students scored higher than males in the total HBI (p < .001), as well as in the HHN (p < .01) and HP (p < .05) subscales, with a small to medium effect size. However, the two-way ANOVA did not show significant differences between the genders and particular BA majors. Health prevention programs at universities and campuses should be focused on increasing healthy behaviors, particularly in male undergraduate students and those studying Physical Education, expected to model (healthy) lifestyles as future health educators.
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This study is aimed at examining differences in self-esteem, positive body image and life satisfaction among the people at the sixth stage (Intimacy vs. Isolation) and the seventh stage (Generativity vs. Stagnation) of Erikson’s psychosocial development, with regards for gender. Also, the correlation between self-esteem, positive body image and life satisfaction was tested in the study. 309 adults, aged between 18 and 65 (M = 33.65, SD = 14.64), including 154 women (49.83%), participated in the cross-sectional online study. The total sample was spilt into two groups, regarding Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development: Stage 6 (early adulthood from 18 to 39, M = 24.20, SD = 6.15, n = 199) and Stage 7 (middle adulthood from 40 to 65, M = 50.76, SD = 8.85, n = 110). To measure life satisfaction, self-esteem and positive attitude towards the body, the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES), and the Body Appreciation Scale (BAS-2) were used respectively. Results indicate that middle-aged people are more satisfied with their life, and score higher in self-esteem and positive body image than young adults. Life satisfaction, self-esteem, and positive body image are correlated positively. Self-esteem and positive body image are predictors of life satisfaction and, together with gender and age, explain 48% of its variance in early- and middle-aged adults.
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