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Regional specificity in the subjective evaluation of factors determining health in Russians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

R. Shilko ,
L. Shaigerova ,
O. Almazova ,
A. Dolgikh  and
O. Vakhantseva
R. Shilko*
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
L. Shaigerova
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
O. Almazova
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
A. Dolgikh
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
O. Vakhantseva
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Psychology, Moscow, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Important role of sociocultural mediation of human health is reflected in the regional specificity of subjective evaluation of factors determining human health.

Objectives

The research is focused on the opinion of respondents from different regions of Russia about the importance of various factors that determine health and subjective well-being.

Methods

210 men and 403 women aged 14 to 76 years (M=26.9; SD=13.7) from six regions of the Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Udmurtia, Sakha, Sverdlovsk and Kemerovo) participated in the study. Respondents were asked to rank six factors (genetics, healthy lifestyle, good ecology, regular medical examination, absence of stress, financial well-being) in terms of their impact on health (1 is the most important, 6 is the least important).

Results

It was revealed significant differences among respondents from different regions of the Russia in evaluation of importance of health factors such as “genetics” (F=3.317; p=0.003) and “good ecology” (F=5.008; p<0.001). Respondents from the Sverdlovsk consider “genetics” significantly more important than participants from the Sakha (MD=-0.706; p=0.019) and Kemerovo (MD=-0.859; p=0.015). Respondents from St. Petersburg consider the ‘good ecology’ significantly less important than participants from Moscow (MD=0.791; p=0.046), Udmurtia (MD=0.867; p=0.035), Sakha (MD=1.168; p<0.001), and Kemerovo (MD=1.286; p<0.001).

Conclusions

Regional specificity was found in the subjective evaluation of the importance of factors that determine health and subjective well-being. The reported study was funded by the RFBR, project number 17-29-02506.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

factors determining human healthsubjective evaluationregional specificitysociocultural determination
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S550
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