本研究目的旨在探討性早熟兒童健康生活型態與其自我概念之相關性,採橫斷式相關性研究設計,以方便取樣,研究對象為北部某醫學中心性早熟學齡兒童,2019年10月21日至2020年4月9日,於病童住院期間或門診追蹤時,以兒童個人基本資料問卷、健康生活型態量表及自我概念量表進行資料收集,共收案132人。研究結果顯示,性早熟兒童的症狀以胸部發育居多(82.6%);性早熟兒童的健康生活型態量表平均得分為257.05分(SD=19.07),自我概念平均總分為88.17分(SD=15.15);性早熟兒童個人屬性、性早熟症狀與其所呈現的健康生活型態無顯著相關;而性早熟兒童之健康生活型態與其自我概念呈現正相關(r=.616,p<.001),即健康生活型態得分越高者,其自我概念越程度越高。因此建議於未來宜致力推展兒童健康生活型態之教育,由小養成良好的健康促進行為。
This study explored the association between a healthy lifestyle and self-concept in children with precocious puberty. This study adopted a cross-sectional correlational research design and convenience sampling. The research participants were school-aged children with precocious puberty who were recruited from a medical center in northern Taiwan. The children were followed up from October 21, 2019, to April 9, 2020, during their periods of hospitalization or stays in outpatient clinics. During the study period, the children's basic information were obtained, and a healthy lifestyle scale and a self-concept scale were used to collect data. A total of 132 children with precocious puberty participated in this study. The study findings indicated that the most common symptom among the children with precocious puberty was breast development (82.6%). The average score on the healthy lifestyle scale was 257.05 (SD=19.07), and the average total score on the self-concept scale was 88.17 (SD=15.15). The personal attributes of the children and the symptoms related to precocious puberty were not significantly associated with whether they had a healthy lifestyle and their self-concept. A moderate association was discovered between a healthy lifestyle and self-concept (r= .616, p< .001); that is, the higher the healthy lifestyle score was, the higher the degree of self-concept was. These findings indicate that future efforts should be focused on promoting healthy lifestyles among children and ensuring they develop health-promoting behaviors from an early age. Such efforts would be conducive to the development of the children's self-concept.