摘要
Life demands compete with academic study for all levels of education.Higher education now includes strong representation of multiple generations as well as strong representation of both campus-based and online students.Research indicates that students at various stages and in different formats of academic study present some different needs as well as different strategies for managing these needs concurrently with academic study.Research has supported the use of self-care behaviors in reduction of stress,with some studies indicating also an association of self-care and academic performance.In addition,research has also indicated role of student-driven factors such as self-regulation in academic performance.Much of self-care behaviors such as physical activity,consumption of fruits and vegetables,and sleep habits include self-regulation.This study examined association of self-care behaviors in physical activity,consumption of fruits and vegetables,and sleep from selected items of the Personal Wellness Questionnaire and Plan and self-regulation from selected scales of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire(MSLQ)of Organization,Resource Management,Effort regulation,and Help-Seeking.Results will assist educators in promotion of student self-care and self-regulation behaviors that can facilitate successful academic endeavor.Answers will also provide guidance to educators and institutions on priority of effort in students support for self-care and self-regulation.
