อิทธิพลระหว่างบุคคล อิทธิพลของสถานการณ์และพฤติกรรมส่งเสริมสุขภาพของมารดาวัยรุ่น Interpersonal Influences, Situational Influences, and Health Promoting Behaviors of Adolescent Mothers

Abstract

Health  promotion behaviors are important to adolescent mothers. Proper health promotion results in good health for adolescent  mothers and prevent complications that may occur during the postpartum period. The purpose of this descriptive correlational  research  was to determine  the  relationship  between  interpersonal influences, the influence of situation and health promoting behaviors  of  adolescent  mothers. The subjects were selected  by  purposive  sampling  including 85 postpartum  adolescent mothers  from the age of 13 to 19 who had  a postpartum check-up at Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, Health Promotion Hospital,  Health  Promotion Center Region 1, Chiang Mai,  Phayao  Hospital  and  Lamphun  Hospital  from April to September 2017. The research  instruments  consisted of  Personal  Data  Record Form, The Health  Promoting Behaviors among Adolescent Mothers Questionnaire developed by Juadnapa Sangsawang, Bungorn Supavititpatana, and Punpilai Sriarporn (2016), The Interpersonal Influence of Adolescent  Mothers Questionnaire, and The Influence of Situation of Adolescent Mothers Questionnaire developed by Supaporn  Nunta,  Punpilai  Sriarporn, and Bungorn  Supavititpatana (2017). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient. 

The results showed that  interpersonal  influences of  the sample was at a high level (xˉ = 98.12, S.D. = 12.18). Situational Influences  of  the sample  was  at  a high level (xˉ = 68.34, S.D. = 8.82). Health  promoting  behaviors of  the sample were at a high level (xˉ = 150.13, S.D. = 15.81). Interpersonal  influences had a high positive  correlation  with the health promoting behaviors of adolescent  mothers  at a statistically  significant (r =.658, p < .01). Influence of  the situation  had  a moderate  positive correlation  with the health promoting behaviors of adolescent mothers at a statistically significant (r =.466, p < .01).

The results  of  this  study can be used as baseline data for planning effective nursing care to promote health behaviors of adolescent mothers.