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Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 24, No. 7, 772-787 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/019394502237387

Social Support and Positive Health Practices

Suzanne Lamb McNicholas

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between positive health practices and social support, self-esteem, and optimism. The relationships between social support and self-esteem and between social support and optimism were also examined. Two alternative mediational models, with self-esteem in Model 1 and optimism in Model 2, were tested to help explain the relationship between social support and positive health practices in middle-age adults. The sample of 202 middle-age adults completed a demographic data sheet, the Personal Lifestyle Questionnaire, Personal Resource Questionnaire85-Part 2, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and Revised Life Orientation Test. The five correlational hypotheses were supported. Social support, self-esteem, and optimism were all positively related to positive health practices, and social support was positively related to self-esteem and optimism. The two mediational models tested with regression analyses were not supported.


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