The purpose of this study was examine the determinants of highschool students¡¯¡¯ health behavior. A convenient sample of 2nd grade highschool students (N=638) responded to self-report questionnaires. The IMCHB was then tested with data using SAS program by frequency, t-test, ANOVA, regression. The results were as follows 1. Health behaviors were found to be type of school specific. 2. From the general highschool¡¯¡¯s model, student¡¯¡¯s health affected health perception and mother¡¯¡¯s health and father¡¯¡¯s education affected self esteem among a set of background variables. Health perception and self-esteem are related to health behaviors. 16.8% of the varience in regular highschool student¡¯¡¯s health behavior are explained by health perception and self-esteem. 3. From the vocational highschool¡¯¡¯s model, 20.2% of health behavior varience was explained by self-esteem. Mothers¡¯¡¯ education, health perception and self esteem explained internal motivation. Student¡¯¡¯s health, internal motivation and self-esteem explained health perception. The results indicated that there was a relatively poor fit of the IMCHB to the highschool students¡¯¡¯ data.
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