BODY AWARENESS: PRIMAL IN HEALTH PROMOTION

Manika Prabhakar; Mamta Sharma

doi:10.29121/shodhkosh.v2.i2.2021.6198

Authors

Dr. Manika Prabhakar Assistant Professor, DAV College of Education, Abohar
Dr. Mamta Sharma Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Punjabi University, Patiala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v2.i2.2021.6198

Keywords:

Body Awareness, Health Promotion

Abstract [English]

It is globally accepted that health promotion is prerequisite to any community development because it empower communities with individuals who are healthy and economize community living by saving money, time and energy. Promoting the health of adolescents increases their chances to be healthy adults constituting healthy community. Having an insight into the determinants encouraging health promoting behaviors might assist in adopting strategies to encourage youth to adopt health promoting behaviors. With this aim, present study was carried out to appraise the effect of body awareness on health promoting behaviors. 200 college students were administered Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile II by Susan Walker (1995) and Body Awareness Questionnaire by Shields, et al (1989). It was hypothesized that individuals high on body awareness would be higher on health promoting behaviors as compared to individuals low on body awareness. Findings of the present investigation supported the hypothesis

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