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An investigation of mediators of the relationship between social support and positive health practices in black late adolescents
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An investigation of mediators of the relationship between social support and positive health practices in black late adolescents
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Gage
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Gale S.
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1956-
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Gale Gage
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Yarcheski
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Adela Yarcheski
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chair
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Gulick
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Elsie E
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Elsie E Gulick
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internal member
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Ruggiero
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Jeanne
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Jeanne Ruggiero
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Stewart-Winter
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Timothy
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Timothy Stewart-Winter
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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theses
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2014
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2014-05
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eng
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The purpose of this study was to examine and test theory regarding positive health practices in Black late adolescents. Two models tested the mediation variables of resilience and self-efficacy to help explain the relationship between social support and positive health practices. The final convenience sample of 179 college students, aged 18-23 years, was recruited from an urban community college located in New Jersey. Participants completed a demographic data form and four instruments measuring the study variables. Using Pearson correlations, results indicated that positive health practices was positively related to social support (r = .45, p < .001), resilience (r = .31, p < .001), and self-efficacy (r = .38, p < .001). Social support was found to be positively related to resilience (r = .28, p < .001) and positively related to self-efficacy (r = .40, p < .001). Multiple regression analyses as specified by Baron and Kenny (1986) tested the two mediational models. Neither of the models was supported as hypothesized. Model 1 found that when resilience was controlled, the relationship between social support and positive health practices remained statistically significant (t = 2.88, p = .005) and the loss of 6% of explained variance in positive health practices by social support was due to mediation of resilience. The testing of Model 2 found that when self-efficacy was controlled for statistically, the relationship between social support and positive health practices remained statistically significant (t = 4.96, p = .001) and the loss of 10% of explained variance in positive health practices by social support was due to mediation of self-efficacy. Findings indicate that resilience and self-efficacy are partial not complete mediators in the relationship between social support and positive health practices in Black late adolescents. Based on study findings, it is concluded that social support, resilience, and self-efficacy are each positively related to positive health practices. Additionally, resilience and self-efficacy are each positively related to social support. However, neither mediator helped to explain the relationship in Black late adolescents. Other mediators need to be found that better explain the relationship between social support and positive health practices in this population.
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Nursing
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD_5461
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electronic resource
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xi, 124 p. : ill.
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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Includes vita
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by Gale S. Gage
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College students, Black--Health and hygiene
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African American college students--Health and hygiene
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Health behavior in adolescence
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Graduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T36Q1VG6
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Gage
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Gale
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2014-04-11 18:30:30
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Gale Gage
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Rutgers University. Graduate School - Newark
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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