Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to examine the relationships among perceived self-efficacy, social support, police station environment, community environment, the media exposure concerning health promotion information and bodyweight control behaviors among overweight police officers . The participants were 323 overweight metropolitan police officers who were selected from among 20-59 years through simple random sampling. The instrument for the study was a seven part questionnaires that included the demographic data, perceived self-efficacy, social support, police station environment, community environment, the media exposure concerning health promotion information and bodyweight control behaviors questionnaire. Content validity for all questionnaires were reviewed by a panel of experts. Internal consistency reliability for the instruments determined by Cronbachs alpha were .86, .86, .95, .83 , .80 and .97 respectively . Pearsons Product-Moment correlation was used for statistical analysis. The results were as follows: 1.Mean score of bodyweight control behaviors among overweight police officers was at medium (X=3.02, SD =1.006 ) 2.Mean score of perceived self-efficacy, social support, police station environment, police community environment and the media exposure concerning health promotion information among overweight police officers were at medium (X=3.12, SD=0.90),(X=3.16, SD=0.90), (X=3.39, SD=1.02), (X=3.31, SD=1.02) , (X=3.14, SD=0.93). 3.There were positive statistical correlations between perceived self-efficacy, social support, police station environment, community environment, the media exposure concerning health promotion information and bodyweight control behaviors among overweight police officers at the level of .05 (r=0.679, 0.395 , 0.221 , 0.220 and 0.340 ).