A Gender Study on College Students’ Self-Efficacy in Health Care Behavior

Francisco Muñoz Beltrán; Alejandro Chávez Guerrero; María Del Carmen Zueck Enríquez; Juan Francisco Aguirre Chávez; Francisco Javier Flores Rico

doi:doi:10.11648/j.sjph.20140206.34

A Gender Study on College Students’ Self-Efficacy in Health Care Behavior

Francisco Muñoz Beltrán, Alejandro Chávez Guerrero, María Del Carmen Zueck Enríquez, Juan Francisco Aguirre Chávez, Francisco Javier Flores Rico

Published in Science Journal of Public Health (Volume 2, Issue 6)

Received: 9 December 2014 Accepted: 5 January 2015 Published: 14 January 2015

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Abstract

The purpose of the present gender study is to compare college students’ self-efficacy profiles in health care behavior. The overall sample consisted of 1,995 subjects: 862 women and 1,133 men. All subjects were freshman students enrolled in The Autonomous University of Chihuahua. The average age was 18.18 years (SD=0.68). A quantitative methodology aided in the survey-like descriptive design. The self-efficacy perception differences found between men and women suggest that any kind of action aimed at improving perceived self-efficacy must take gender into consideration. Further research should seek these findings in larger samples.

Published in	Science Journal of Public Health (Volume 2, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjph.20140206.34
Page(s)	648-652
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Student’s Beliefs, Gender Differences, Higher Education, Academic Performance, Student’s Characteristics

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Francisco Muñoz Beltrán, Alejandro Chávez Guerrero, María Del Carmen Zueck Enríquez, Juan Francisco Aguirre Chávez, Francisco Javier Flores Rico. A Gender Study on College Students’ Self-Efficacy in Health Care Behavior. Sci J Public Health. 2015;2(6):648-652. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20140206.34

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Francisco Muñoz Beltrán
Alejandro Chávez Guerrero

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
María Del Carmen Zueck Enríquez

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
Juan Francisco Aguirre Chávez

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México
Francisco Javier Flores Rico

Faculty of Physical Culture Sciences, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México

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Francisco Muñoz Beltrán; Alejandro Chávez Guerrero; María Del Carmen Zueck Enríquez; Juan Francisco Aguirre Chávez; Francisco Javier Flores Rico. A Gender Study on College Students’ Self-Efficacy in Health Care Behavior. Sci. J. Public Health 2015, 2(6), 648-652. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20140206.34

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Francisco Muñoz Beltrán, Alejandro Chávez Guerrero, María Del Carmen Zueck Enríquez, Juan Francisco Aguirre Chávez, Francisco Javier Flores Rico. A Gender Study on College Students’ Self-Efficacy in Health Care Behavior. Sci J Public Health. 2015;2(6):648-652. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20140206.34

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