Health Promotion Behavior of Chinese International Students in Korea Including Acculturation Factors: A Structural Equation Model

• Published in: Asian nursing research Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 25 - 31
• Main Authors: Kim, Sun Jung, Yoo, Il Young
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) Elsevier Limited 01.03.2016; Elsevier; 한국간호과학회
• Subjects: Acculturation; Adult; Asian students; Asians - psychology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Discriminant analysis; Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology; Female; Foreign students; Health behavior; Health promotion; Health Promotion - methods; Health Status; Humans; Lifestyles; Male; Mean square errors; Mental health; Models, Theoretical; Republic of Korea; Self Concept; Self esteem; Social Support; Stress; Students - psychology; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; 간호학; Republic of Korea; South Korea; health status; social support; self-esteem; health promotion; acculturation
• ISSN: 1976-1317; 2093-7482
• DOI: 10.1016/j.anr.2015.10.008

The purpose of this study was to explain the health promotion behavior of Chinese international students in Korea using a structural equation model including acculturation factors. A survey using self-administered questionnaires was employed. Data were collected from 272 Chinese students who have resided in Korea for longer than 6 months. The data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The p value of final model is .31. The fitness parameters of the final model such as goodness of fit index, adjusted goodness of fit index, normed fit index, non-normed fit index, and comparative fit index were more than .95. Root mean square of residual and root mean square error of approximation also met the criteria. Self-esteem, perceived health status, acculturative stress and acculturation level had direct effects on health promotion behavior of the participants and the model explained 30.0% of variance. The Chinese students in Korea with higher self-esteem, perceived health status, acculturation level, and lower acculturative stress reported higher health promotion behavior. The findings can be applied to develop health promotion strategies for this population.