Thesis:

Prediction of health-enhancing behaviors, social support and sense of cohesion based on ego strength among teenagers in the 6th district of MashhadPrediction of health-enhancing behaviors, social support and sense of cohesion based on ego strength among teenagers in the 6th district of Mashhad

The main purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between health promoting behaviors, social support and sense of cohesion based on ego strength among teenagers. The current type of research is based on the practical purpose and in terms of data collection, it was done in a survey way. The statistical population is all adolescent boys in District 6 of Mashhad in the year 1403. The sample size was 135 people. Simple random sampling was used in this research. The instruments used in this research are Antonovsky's sense of coherence questionnaire, Markstr?m et al.'s ego strength, Wax et al.'s social support, and Goldberg's and Hiller's general health. The results show that among the dimensions of health-promoting behaviors, there is a negative and significant relationship between anxiety and sleep disorder and depression with ego strength among teenagers. But there was no correlation between the variables of physical symptoms and impairment in social functioning with ego strength. Also, according to the results of correlation coefficients, there is a positive and significant relationship between health promoting behaviors and ego empowerment among teenagers at the 0.05 level. The results show that there is a positive and significant relationship among all dimensions of social support and ego empowerment among teenagers. Also, according to the results of the correlation coefficients, there is a positive and significant relationship between the sense of cohesion and ego empowerment among teenagers at the level of 0.01. Social support is a negative and significant predictor in explaining the variance of adolescent ego strength. The results also showed that health-promoting behaviors and a sense of coherence are positive and significant predictors in explaining the variance of adolescent ego empowerment. Based on the coefficient of determination obtained, the strategies of health promoting behaviors, social support and sense of cohesion explain 26% of the variance of adolescent ego strength.

Keywords: health promoting behaviors, social support, sense of coherence, ego empowerment