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An Exploration of Health Counseling and Goal Attainment Scaling in Health Education Programs
Author(s) -
Bonaguro John A.,
McLaughlin Maureen,
Sussman Karen
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1984.tb08891.x
Subject(s) - goal attainment scaling , test (biology) , psychology , health education , health behavior , behavior change , educational attainment , medical education , clinical psychology , applied psychology , medicine , gerontology , nursing , public health , environmental health , social psychology , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , paleontology , economic growth , economics , biology
This paper presents findings of an experimental study to test the effects of health counseling with seventh and eighth grade students (N = 32). Goal attainment scaling was used to monitor changes in health behavior during a 10‐week period with each student meeting with a health counselor five times during the study. A pretest/posttest, repeated measures design with experimental and control groups was used to evaluate the influence of health counseling. The results revealed a significant increase in goal attainment scaling scores (F = 4.96). Health behaviors influenced were exercise and nutrition. There also was a significant increase in self‐esteem (F = 8.42) and home‐esteem (F = 4.24). The utilization of health counseling appears to be an attractive educational strategy to enhance the effectiveness of classroom instruction.