Zachowania prozdrowotne a satysfakcja z życia studentów kierunków nauczycielskich

In maintaining and perfecting health capabilities pro-health behaviours are favourable, especially those related to a rational diet, recreational physical activity, effective ways of coping with psychological stress, avoiding psychoactive substances, avoiding risky sexual behaviours and undergoing preventive medical examinations. The aim of the study was to analyse the correlation between the level of healthrelated behaviours and satisfaction with life in the group of the academic youth studying pedagogical subjects at chosen universities in Cracow. The following variables were used and levels of satisfaction with life and health-related behaviours were characterized. The study verifies the hypothesis that the academic youth will show a wider scale of pro-health behaviours characterized by higher levels of satisfaction with life. The study was conducted in a random group of 486 participants – 416 women (85.60%) and 70 men (14.40%) at the age 22–28 years. The Inventory of Health-Related Behaviours (IHRB) by Juczynski (2009) was used for the assessment of four categories of health-related behaviours: proper nutrition habits (PNH), prophylaxis (P), pro-health practices (PHP) and positive attitude (PA). The intensity of pro-health behaviours was assessed with the use of the proper sten scores (Juczynski 2009). The standardised Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) by Diener et al. in the Polish adaptation by Z. Juczynski (2009) was used for the purpose of measuring the satisfaction with life. The above presented authors’ own research shows that the majority of Cracow students of pedagogical subjects was characterized by an average satisfaction with life and low levels of pro-health behaviours. What was also indicated were the interdependencies between particular categories of pro-health behaviours and the level of life satisfaction.