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Determinants of Participation in Worksite Health Promotion Activities

Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208

Kirby L. Jackson, BA

School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208

Jennie J. Kronenfeld, PhD

School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208

S.N. Blair, PED

Institute for Aerobics Research, Dallas, TX 75230

A model of risk factors and psychosocial variables that should enhance the predic tion of participation in worksite health promotion programs was evaluated in a sample of 357 States employees in South Carolina. Degree of satisfaction with one's current health status, intent to change it, and participation in a relevant program were assessed in four health areas: weight, exercise, alcohol consumption, and the handling of stress and tension. In each area, a known risk factor was used to predict intent to change and participation during a one-year interval. Variables from the psychosocial model were added in a step-wise regression procedure. The key variables in the psychosocial model were personal efficacy, job stress, and trait anxiety. Neither intent to change a health relevant behavior nor degree of satisfaction with the health area were consistently asso ciated with subsequent participation in a relevant health promotion program. The re gression model was a statistically significant predictor of actual participation in two cases: exercise and weight control. For exercise, participators tended to be persons whose job stress was high (r = 0.15) and whose anxiety was high (r = 0.16). In the case of weight control, those who were high in the body mass index (r = 0.22) and in job stress (r = 0.15) were more likely to participate. Participants in stress management also had higher levels of job stress.

Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 14, No. 2, 195-205 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/109019818701400206


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