Factors Influencing a Health Promoting Lifestyle in Spouses of Active Duty Military

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Summary

Health-promoting activities are important for individuals' well-being. Female military spouses completed surveys about their lifestyles in order to examine factors that influence female military spouses' participation in health-promoting activities. Results revealed that social support, stress level, perceived health status, and self-efficacy were all related with female military spouses' health-promoting activities.

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Padden, D. L., Connors, R. A., Posey, S. M., Ricciardi, R., Agazio, J. G. (2013). Factors Influencing a Health Promoting Lifestyle in Spouses of Active Duty Military. Health Care for Women International, 34, 674-693. doi:10.1080/07399332.2012.736572