Examining Mediating Role of Self Efficacy among Mobile Learning, Curriculum and Preventive Health Behavior

Vimala Venugopal Muthuswamy

King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.

Anvar Absamatov

Department of Economics, Termez University of Economics and Service, Uzbekistan

Abstract

Preventive Health Behavior is vital for medical students to reduce health risk and improve their well-being. It is vital to explore factors that can improve preventive health behavior among medical students. Thus, this research examined effect of mobile learning, psychological well-being, and curriculum on preventive health behavior through mediation of self-efficacy. Cross-sectional research design was adopted in this study. Data were collected from medical students using simple random sampling. The usable response rate was 56.28%, which was used for the analysis. This study employed the SEM approach and Smart PLS 3 for analysis. Results revealed that mobile learning has a positive effect on self-efficacy. Likewise, the psychological well-being of students also has a positive effect on self-efficacy. Furthermore, preventive health behavior was influenced by self-efficacy. The mediating role of self-efficacy was statistically significant between mobile learning and preventive health behavior, and psychological well-being and preventive health behavior. However, effect of curriculum on self-efficacy was found insignificant. Similarly, the mediation of self-efficacy between curriculum and preventive health behavior was also insignificant. This research fills the gap in limited studies that have used the technological variable (mobile learning) to assess the health condition of medical students. Mediation of self-efficacy is also rare in past literature, which is examined in this study.

Preventive health behavior, Self-efficacy, Psychological well-being, Mobile learning, Curriculum.