The effect of personality and cognitive ability about reproduction health to healthy life motivation: an ex post facto approach

Abstract

This research is aims to about the effect of personality and cognitive ability about reproduction health to healthy life motivation. The hypothesis was tested using Two Way ANOVA and involved 279 students as a sample selected by purposive sampling method. The results showed that (1) There are differences in healthy life motivation between students with accurate personality compare with those who are less accurate, (2) There are differences in healthy life motivation between students who had high cognitive ability about reproduction health compare with those who had low cognitive ability about reproduction health, (3) There are differences in group of students with accurate personality and had high cognitive ability about reproduction health, they have better healthy life motivation compare with those who are less accurate, (4) There are differences in group of student with less accurate personality and had high cognitive ability about reproduction health, they have better healthy life motivation compare with those who had low cognitive ability about reproduction health, (5) There is an interaction between personality and cognitive ability to healthy life motivation. Then, a healthy life motivation change significantly by personality and cognitive ability about reproduction health.