ADOLESCENTS’ HEALTHY LIFESTYLE BEHAVIOR IN ENDEMIC ERA

Abstract

Facing a disruptive era that full of changes and challenges during the pandemic, psychological strength is needed by adolescents to be able to rise and bounce back to the optimal health functions. Adolescents are one of the high-risk groups in pandemic situation, therefore they need to stay safe and healthy to continue their lives in the future, one of which is by doing healthy lifestyle behavior. In this context, resilience and exposure of adequate health-related information need to be considered by adolescents in performing healthy lifestyle behavior in their daily life. This research aimed to determine the influence of resilience and health-related information exposure on adolescents’ healthy lifestyle behavior in endemic era. This research used a descriptive-analytic study with a cross-sectional design. The population were all adolescents in Kediri aged 15-19 years old. The sample was collected by cluster random sampling. The total sample of this research were 111 respondents. The independent variable was resilience and health-related information exposure. The dependent variable was adolescents’ healthy lifestyle behavior. Data were collected by using questionnaires and analyzed by using regression with dummy variable. Based on regression analysis, variables that affect the adolescents’ healthy lifestyle behavior are resilience and health-related information exposure (p=0,000). Adolescents’ healthy lifestyle behavior has significant correlation with resilience (p=0,024) and health-related information exposure (p=0,000). Resilience and health-related information exposure are predictors of adolescents’ healthy lifestyle behavior in endemic era. According to the research result, adolescent in Kediri need to raise awareness and practice about resilience and to look for more access to health-related information to maintain or increase their healthy lifestyle behavior in this endemic era.