نقش رفتارهاي بهداشتي در عملكرد تحصيلي دانش آموزان مقطع ابتدايي

The role of health behavior in the academic performance of the students

سابقه و هدف: رفتارهاي بهداشتي يكي از معيارهاي عمده تعيين‌كننده سلامت مي‌باشند كه تاثير عمده‌اي بر پيشبرد سلامتي و كيفيت زندگي داشته و اين رفتارها به كيفيت زندگي و عملكرد مطلوب در تمام موارد كمك خواهند نمود. هدف اين مطالعه تعيين رابطه رفتارهاي بهداشتي با عملكرد تحصيلي دانش آموزان مقطع ابتدايي شهرستان تنكابن بود. مواد و روش‌ها: اين مطالعه‌ي توصيفي همبستگي بر روي 427 دانش‌آموز ابتدايي كه با روش تصادفي طبقه‌اي انتخاب‌شده بودند، انجام شد. داده‌ها با استفاده از پرسشنامه رفتار بهداشتي پالانگ جمع‌آوري گرديد. عملكرد تحصيلي از معدل نمرات آن‌ها بررسي شد. آمار توصيفي و آزمون‌هاي ضريب همبستگي پيرسون و رگرسيون چندگانه جهت تحليل داده‌ها بكار گرفته شدند.(0/05

BACKGROUND an‎d OBJECTIVE: Health care behavior is one of the major criteria for determining the health which improves the health and quality of life. This behavior helps the quality of life and having a good performance. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between health behavior and academic performance of elementary school students. METHODS: This descriptive correlational study was conducted on 427 primary school students through stratified random sampling. Data were collected using Palang health behavior questionnaire. Academic performance was evaluated from mean score of students. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. FINDINGS: Results indicated that there was a significant relationship between academic performance and health behavior of the students in the field of personal health care (r = 0.402, p = 0.001), nutrition (r = 0.546, p = 0.001), exercise (r = 0.389, p = 0.001), sleep (r = 0.332, p = 0.001) and stress control (r = 0.515, p = 0.001). The dimensions of health behavior can be a predictor of academic performance. Among them, stress control than the other dimensions plays an important role. CONCLUSION: According to the findings, it is suggested that planned measures should be taken to train the health behaviors to the students in educational policy for their learning promotion.