caa a22 4500 47573906X CHVBK 20180406123454.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005465102002 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005465102002 Worldview and Health Promoting Behavior: A Causal Model [Elektronische Daten] [Ashraf Kagee, David Dixon] The present study investigated the manner in which Pepper's (1942) worldview theory relates to health promoting behavior. A sample of 259 subjects completed a battery of inventories measuring worldview, health promoting behavior (HPB), social class, and sex. The data were analyzed by means of structural equation modeling using the statistical program for the social sciences (SPSS) and the analysis of moment and structure (AMOS) computer programs. The results support the idea that a modest relationship exists between worldview and HPB, with organismic thinkers more likely than mechanistic thinkers to engage in HPB. There was also a slight indirect effect of sex on worldview and HPB, with women more likely to endorse an organismic worldview and therefore more likely to engage in HPB than men. No relationship was found between socioeconomic status and HPB. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 worldview nationallicence health promotion nationallicence sex nationallicence SES nationallicence Kagee Ashraf Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania aut Dixon David Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana aut Journal of Behavioral Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 23/2(2000-04-01), 163-179 0160-7715 23:2<163 2000 23 10865 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005465102002 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005465102002 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kagee Ashraf Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dixon David Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Behavioral Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 23/2(2000-04-01), 163-179 0160-7715 23:2<163 2000 23 10865 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer