The Health Locus of Control and the Relationship with the Demographic Characteristics of Children from an Elementary School of Kaohsiung City

高雄市某國小學童健康決控及其與人口特性資料相關性之探討

王瑞霞(Ruey-Hsia Wang)

《The Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences》 13卷3期 (1997/03) Pp. 182-189

https://doi.org/10.6452/KJMS.199703.0182

摘要

本研究以高雄市某國小4至6年級共732名學童為對象，以了解學童之健康決控(health locus of control)及人口特性資料與其之關係。以結構式問卷進行調查，問卷內容包括：(1)個人特性及家庭特性(2)健康決控量表。研究結果顯示：(1)健康決控量表經過因素分析後，共萃取出三個因素，分別命名為機運(chance)、內控(internal)及有力人士(powerful others)(2)學童不同的性別、年級、手足排行、父親教育程度、母親教育程度及社經地位在健決控的得分上有顯著的差異(3)學童家中孩子數及成員數與健康決控得分呈顯著負相關。
經由本研究結果可幫助健康專業人員對具有不同個人或家庭特性的學童提供衛生教育介入時的參考。

並列摘要

In this study, we attempted to more thoroughly understand the health locus of control and the relationship with the deomographic characteristics to elementary school children in Taiwan. A structure questionnaire included items regarding: (1) individual and family characteristics; and (2) children’s Health Locus of Control (CHLC) scale was administered to 732 children in an elementary school of Kaohisung City. Based on the results, we can conclude the following: (1) factor analysis revealed three factors with acceptable reliability. The three subscales were Chance, Internal and Powerful Ohters; (2) different sex, grade, position in birth order, patenal educational level, maternal educational level and socioeconomic status differed in overall CHLC scores significantly, but different family types did not significantly differ in overall CHLC scores; and (3) number of children and family size negatively correlated with overall CHLC scorese.

並列關鍵字

health locus of control ； elementary school children