فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background and Objectives: This study aimed to examine the role of social security and psychological health literacy in predicting health-promoting behaviors among Afghan immigrant mothers. Materials and Methods: The study employed a quantitative, applied, and descriptive correlational design. The research population consisted of Afghan immigrant mothers living in districts 18 to 20 of Tehran in 2024. A total of 320 mothers aged 30 to 45 years (35.41± 4.41) were recruited through voluntary and convenience sampling. Data were collected using the Social Safeness and Pleasure Scale, the Mental Health Literacy Scale, and the health Promoting Lifestyle Profile Descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics—including Pearson’s correlation coefficient and simultaneous multiple regression—were conducted using SPSS version 25.Results: Social security demonstrated significant positive correlations with overall health promoting behaviors (r = 0.66) and with the following subdimensions: nutrition (r = 0.59), exercise (r = 0.50), health responsibility (r = 0.51), stress management (r = 0.46), interpersonal support (r = 0.36), and self actualization (r = 0.34) (all p < 0.01). Similarly, psychological health literacy was significantly correlated with overall health promoting behaviors (r = 0.66) and with nutrition (r = 0.47), exercise (r = 0.55), health responsibility (r = 0.53), stress management (r = 0.46), interpersonal support (r = 0.42), and self actualization (r = 0.41) (all p < 0.01).Conclusion: Simultaneous multiple regression analysis revealed that social security and psychological health literacy accounted for 43% and 45% of the variance in health-promoting behaviors, respectively, and together explained 60% of the variance. These findings indicate that higher levels of social security and psychological health literacy are associated with greater engagement in health-promoting behaviors among Afghan immigrant mothers. Recognizing these influential factors can inform the design of targeted educational and support interventions aimed at improving the quality of life in this population.