HEALTHY BEHAVIOR PATTERNS AMONG PHYSICAL EDUCATION STUDENTS

摘要: Research indicates that university students fail to exhibit satisfactory levels of health-oriented behaviors regarding their diets, physical activity, preventive practices, alcohol and drug use, coping with stress, personal relationships mental health. This study examines the differences in health between genders BA majors. A cross-sectional was conducted on a sample 220 second-year undergraduate students, aged 19 41 (M = 21.98, SD 2.89), divided into three groups according majors: Physical Education (PE, n 88, 40.00%), Technical Engineering (TE, 67, 30.46%), Social Sciences (SS, 65, 29.55%). The majority subjects were males (n 147, 66.82%). paper-and-pencil self-report questionnaire, Health Behavior Inventory (HBI), which includes four subscales: healthy habits nutrition (HHN), behavior (PB), positive adjustments (PA), practices (HP) used for this purpose. results Student’s t-test female scored higher than total HBI (p < .001), as well HHN .01) HP .05) subscales, small medium effect size. However, two-way ANOVA did not show significant particular prevention programs at universities campuses should be focused increasing behaviors, particularly male those studying Education, expected model (healthy) lifestyles future educators.