Title
Effect of protective factors on healthy lifestyles in patients with cardiovascular risk: Path analysis
Other title
[Efeito dos fatores protetores sobre os estilos de vida saudáveis em pacientes com risco cardiovascular: Uma análise do caminho crítico] [Efecto de los factores protectores sobre los estilos de vida saludable en pacientes con riesgo cardiovascular: Un análisis de ruta]
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Fundacion para el Avance de la Psicologia
Abstract
The aim of this study was to verify the influence of individual factors such as age, sex, socioeconomic status, and protective factors like resilience, generalized self-efficacy, and social support perceived on healthy lifestyles in people with cardiovascular risk in addition to their possible interactions. We used a sample of 290 people, consisting of 140 men and 150 women, aged between 35 and 65 years. Through path analysis, we found that the most predictive variables on the healthy lifestyle were perceived social support, specifically friends’ and resilience. We also found that self-efficacy significantly influences resilience, and perceived social support is a significant predictor of the former. In conclusion, the psychological content variables can predict a healthy lifestyle, directly and indirectly. It can also be differentiated depending on the specific dimension of the predicted variable and the number of variables that relate jointly.
Start page
100
End page
117
Volume
38
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Nutrición, Dietética
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85084131558
Source
Avances en Psicologia Latinoamericana
ISSN of the container
17944724
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus