@article{Choompunuch_Suksatan_Sonsroem_Kutawan_In-udom_2021, title={Stress, adversity quotient, and health behaviors of undergraduate students in a Thai university during COVID-19 outbreak}, volume={7}, url={https://www.belitungraya.org/BRP/index.php/bnj/article/view/1276}, DOI={10.33546/bnj.1276}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background:</strong> University students are an essential human resource for national development. Thus, it is important to study the stress, adversity quotient, and health behaviors of these students during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Objective:</strong> This study aimed to identify stress, adversity quotient, and health behaviors and examine the relationship between these factors in undergraduate students during the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> The current study was a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design. A total of 416 undergraduate students in a Thai university were selected using a convenience sampling technique. A questionnaire was used to collect the data on stress, adversity quotient, and health behaviors of undergraduate students during the COVID-19 outbreak. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> This study indicated that stress was at a high level (3.54 ± .53; Mean ± <em>SD</em>), adversity quotient was at a high level (3.77 ± .63; Mean ± <em>SD</em>), and health behaviors were at a moderate level (3.06 ± .53; Mean ± <em>SD</em>). The current study also found that stress and adversity quotient were irrelevant. Stress and health behaviors were negatively correlated with a level of significance of .01 (<em>r</em> = -.31), and adversity quotient and health behaviors were positively correlated with a level of significance of .01 (<em>r</em> = .051).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> It is suggested that healthcare providers, families, and professors should consider stress and adversity quotient in developing interventions to promote healthy behaviors in terms of physical and psychological factors in university students.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Belitung Nursing Journal}, author={Choompunuch, Bovornpot and Suksatan, Wanich and Sonsroem, Jiraporn and Kutawan, Siripong and In-udom, Atittiya}, year={2021}, month={Feb.}, pages={1–7} }