Abstract

In Ponorogo, there are three risk factors for metabolic syndrome higher than national numbers that are 74% of physical inactivity with 26.1 % of national number, 46.9% of hypertension risk with 26.6% of national number, and 40.6% of weight with 28.9% of national number (Rosjidi et al., 2015). This research aimed at finding out the effects of individual beliefs, social capital and other effects on preventive behaviors of risk factors for adults’ metabolic syndrome. This control case study was employed on October 2019 in Ponorogo Regency, East Java, Indonesia. The dependent variables were preventive behaviors of risk factors for metabolic syndrome. The independent variables were perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self-efficacy, governmental support, peer support, social capital, imitation, collective efficacy, and outcome expectations. The data was obtained using questionnaires and then analyzed by using a path analysis of 13 strata program. There were direct effects of self-efficacy, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and perceived severity on preventive behaviors of risk factors for metabolic syndrome. There were indirect effects of perceived susceptibility toward perceived severity, perceived benefits toward perceived barriers, governmental support toward perceived barriers, peer support toward imitation, collective efficacy toward self-efficacy, imitation toward self-efficacy, outcome expectations toward perceived benefits, social capital toward collective efficacy, imitation through toward preventive behaviors of risk factors for metabolic syndrome.

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