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The Korean Journal of Health Psychology

Exploring Psychological Characteristics of Participants in Health Promotion Camp Training Program, Health Behavior, and Program Commitment

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology / The Korean Journal of Health Psychology, (P)1229-070X; (E)2713-9581
2021, v.26 no.3, pp.603-615
https://doi.org/10.17315/kjhp.2021.26.3.010




Abstract

The aim of This study was to explore how psychological characteristics of participants in the health promotion camp training program were related to health behavior and program commitment. Subjects were 289 participants (88 males and 201 females) in the health promotion camp training program with an average of ages of 60.65 (SD=15.07) years. Psychological characteristics included in this study were variables from Theory of Planned Behavior, Big-5 personality, gratitude, optimistic bias, present bias, emotional stress traits, and coping. Results revealed that attitude toward health behavior, perceived behavioral control, gratitude, and active forgetting were determinants for practicing health behavior, whereas intention of health behavior, gratitude, active forgetting, and anger trait were determinants for program commitment. These findings suggest useful information for organizing or efficiently managing health promotion programs or planning further researches.

keywords
건강행동, 태도, 지각된 행동통제력, 감사 성향, 망각, 분노, health behavior, attitude, perceived behavioral control, gratitude, forgetting, anger

The Korean Journal of Health Psychology