PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of self-efficacy and health promotion behavior in obese elementary school children.
METHODS
The participants for this study were 280 students from seven elementary schools, located in Chonbuk Province.
For data analysis, descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficients and simple linear regression were used with SPSS WIN ver 15.0 Program.
RESULTS
The mean scores for self-efficacy and health promotion behavior were 2.95+/-0.60 and 2.99+/-0.39 respectively. There were significant positive correlations between health promotion behavior and self-efficacy (r= .614, p < .001). The main predictor of health promoting behavior in obese elementary school children was self-efficacy, which explained 37.7%.
CONCLUSION
The findings from this study indicate a need to develop nursing intervention programs to health promotion behavior in obese elementary school children including the promotion of self-efficacy.
