The impact of self-efficacy on health behaviour in young adults whose mothers were diagnosed with breast cancer

The objective of this study is to examine self-efficacy and health behaviour in young adults whose mothers have been diagnosed with breast cancer. The participants in this research were 84 people, aged 18–40 years, who had a mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Self-efficacy was measured using the Health Specific Behavior Self-Efficacy Scale (HSBSES), which was adopted from Penney (2006). Health behaviour was measured using the indicators of health behaviours from Sarafino and Smith (2011). The results show that the null hypothesis was rejected (F = 14.196, p < 0.05), which means there is a significant impact of self-efficacy on health behaviour.