Aim: This study aimed at assessing the effect of solution-focused interviews for the promotion of health locus of control and self-efficacy on adolescents' healthy lifestyles.
Method: The present study, which was designed as a quasi-experimental study, included pretest and post-test control groups and was conducted in the period between 5 February 2017 and 30 April 2017. The intervention group comprised 28 (n = 28) adolescents from a school, and the control group comprised 30 (n = 30) adolescents from another school. Solution-focused interviews, which included educational information regarding leading a healthy lifestyle as well as cognitive-behavioural interview, were conducted with the adolescents of the intervention group, 1 day per week (nine sessions in total).
Results: In comparison to the control group, adolescents in the intervention group exhibited differences in all the sub-dimensions health promotion scale (p < 0.001).
Conclusions: These results established the applicability and effectiveness of the programme, such that the health promotion programme could be included in the literature. Moreover, it is anticipated that this programme would be applied in school settings in the future.
Keywords: adolescents; health promotion; nursing; solution-focused interviews (SFI).
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