Relationship of Core Self-Evaluation With Healthy Lifestyle By Mediating Social Intimacy and Self-Control in the Veterans

Aims: heath promoting lifestyle can improve physical and psychological health in individuals and populations, especially veterans. therefore, this study aimed to investigate the relationship of core self-evaluations with a health-promoting lifestyle by mediating social intimacy and self-control in the veterans in the national iranian south oil company. instruments & methods: this descriptive-correlational study was carried out on veterans with more than 25% disability, who worked in the national iranian oil companies of setad, karoun, maroun, gachsaran, and masjed soleyman in ahvaz, aghajari, and gachsaran cities in 2021-2022. out of 382 people, 202 subjects were selected by the census. data were collected through a core self-evaluation scale, health-promoting lifestyle questionnaires, social intimacy scale, and a self-control questionnaire. data were analyzed using pearson correlation coefficient, multivariate regression, and structural equation path analysis methods by spss 24 and amos 18 software.findings: the results showed a good fit for the causal model of the study, and in general, all path coefficients related to the proposed model were significant (p<0.05).conclusion: social intimacy and self-control can play a mediating role in the relationship between core self-evaluations with health-promoting lifestyle.