Motivation for Self Regulated Health Care Behavior during COVID 19 among IT Professionals

By : Sweta Saraff, Malabika Tripathi

Page No: 563-574

Abstract
COVID 19 has gripped India leading to increased screen time and sedentary lifestyle among IT professionals. Online health portals are now platforms to provide a positive autonomy supportive environment for a healthy lifestyle. The current study was conducted to assess the association of perceived competence and perceived autonomy support from online health professionals for self-care behavior of dieting and exercising among IT employees during COVID19. Snowball sampling was used to collect data from 274 IT employees through google forms after assurance of confidentiality and informed consent. Based on responses to standardized questionnaires, strong correlation between health care behaviors, perceived competence, and perceived autonomy support of health care professionals and significant group differences in gender were found. Perceived self-competence and autonomy support of health care professionals has a significant positive impact on self-regulated health care behavior of dieting and exercising.

Authors :
Meera Iyer : AIPAS, Amity University Noida, Uttar Pradesh (INDIA).
Sweta Saraff : Assistant Professor – AIPAS, Amity University, Kolkata.
Malabika Tripathi : Assistant Professor – AIPAS, Amity University, Kolkata.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2020.18.02.6