Social Support and Positive Health Practices in Black Late Adolescents

Gale S. Gage

Clinical Nursing Research, 2017, vol. 26, issue 1, 93-113

Abstract: This study constructed and tested models using the mediators of resilience and self-efficacy to help explain the relationship between social support and positive health practices (PHPs) in Black late adolescents. A cross-sectional, correlational design was used with a convenience sample of 179 Black college students, aged 18 to 23 years. Participants responded to four instruments; the five bivariate hypotheses were supported. Social support correlated positively with PHPs ( r = .45, p

Keywords: Black late adolescents; mediation models; positive health practices; social support (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773815594579

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