Objective: To determine the effects of workplace social capital (WSC) on preventive health behaviors and illness coping behaviors of nurses.

Methods: A self-administered questionnaire was completed by nurses working in a hospital. Descriptive statistics were conducted on basic characteristics, health literacy, and WSC. The effects of WSC on preventive health behavior and illness coping behavior were examined using logistic regression analysis.

Results: The data of 600 nursing professionals were analyzed. Health literacy showed a difference in WSC mean values. The WSC of the subjects tended to maintain good lifestyle habits in eating breakfast, nutritional balance, and salt intake in preventive health behaviors. The illness coping behaviors of the subjects with high WSC tended to consult with medical staff or friends when feeling unwell, and to make time to visit a hospital. When the exclusionary workplace culture increased, there was a tendency to not seek medical examination.

Conclusion: The WSC of nurses with a health literate human environment may have a positive influence on preventive health behaviors and illness coping behaviors, such as lifestyle, counseling, and medical consultation. On the other hand, exclusionary workplace culture may hinder the maintenance of health because of the tendency of not receiving medical examinations.

This study aims to elucidate the relationship between cycling, which is a recreational physical activity, and the factors that constitute resilience.

To this end, we conducted a self-administered online survey of cyclists in Japan who had consented to participate in the survey via Twitter and e-mail magazines. A total of 198 cyclists were subjected to hierarchical multiple regression analysis. We considered sex, age, employment status, experience of falling off a bicycle, and history of traffic accidents as the adjustment variables, with the independent variables being the amount of physical activity other than cycling, number of years of cycling, time riding a bicycle for recreational cycling, time riding a bicycle other than for recreational cycling, flow experience measured by flow state scale (FSS), cycling experience and approach, and the awareness of changes in one's physical and mental environment compared to before taking up cycling as a hobby. The dependent variables were the dispositional and acquired resilience factors that constitute the brief resilience scale (BRS). The results showed that the number of years of cycling (β=.177, P<0.05), FSS (β=.385, P<0.01), and cycling experience and approach (β=.150. P<0.05) were related to dispositional resilience factors. Moreover, FSS (β=.344, P<0.01) and cycling experience and approach (β=.194, P<0.05) were related to acquired resilience factors.

These results indicate that flow and qualitative aspects of cycling experience are related to resilience.