Objectives: This study was performed to identify the related factors on health risk behaviors among high school students.
Methods: Data was collected by self-administered questionnairs from 566 students of academic and vocational high schools in G city, and analysed using t-test, ANOVA, Duncan test, pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression analysis.
Results: Health risk behaviors showed a significantly negative correlation with the score of responding parenting style (r=-0.18), school attachment (r=-0.24), academic performance (r=-0.25), self control (r=-0.2l), and positive correlation with peer relationship (r=0.32), depression (r=0.2l). A combination of school type, sex, academic performance, school attachment, peer relationship, self control, depression, responding parenting style account for 25% of the variance in health risk behaviors among high school students.
Conclusions: Specific nursing intervention plans, including parent education and role training programs, fostering of humanistic and achievement-focused educational environment, peer support programs, and individual counselling, need to be developed and implemented to prevent health risk behaviors among high school students.
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