%0 Journal Article
%T Association of the personal factors of culture, attitude and motivation with health behavior among adolescents in Malaysia
%A Maimunah Ismail
%A Siti Rabaah Hamzah
%A Turiman Su
%A Zulaiha Muda
%J International Journal of Adolescence and Youth
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2018.1482772
%X Abstract This study was undertaken to determine the association of the personal factors of culture, attitude and motivation on health behavior among Malaysian adolescents. A cluster sampling technique was used and a total of 1,029 students with ages ranging from 15 to 17 years (M age = 15.9, SD = .637) were selected as respondents. The research instrument was a self-administered questionnaire covering health behavior, culture, attitude, and motivation towards health. The strongest linear relationship was found between culture and health behavior (r = .618, p = .001). Besides the culture of adolescents being the main predictor of health behavior (¦Â = .365, p = .000), attitude (¦Â = .283, p = .000) and motivation (¦Â = .064, p = .033) also had significant independent effects on health behavior. Hence, culture, attitude and motivation should be taken into consideration in the promotion of health education, especially at school level
%U https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673843.2018.1482772