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The main purpose of this study was to analyze healthy lifestyle behaviours and social appereance anxiety of housewivers 123 housewives participated in this study who lives in the Mersin city center. “Healthy Lifestyle Behaviours Scale II (HLBS II)”and“Social Appearence Anxiety Scale (SAAS)” were used for data collection. Parametric and nonparametric tests were conducted for data analysis. The results of the analysis revealed that housewivers suffer from moderate level of social appereance anxiety and get the lowest points from “physical activity” sub-scale. HLBS II in the “stress management” subscale; married women and women in “low” income group are more successful than single women and women in “middle and upper” income group, respectively while in the subscale of “nutrition”, high-school graduates are more successful than elementary and secondary school graduates (p<.05). There is a positive correlation between the number of children and SAAS and “health responsibility”, respectively while there is a negative correlation between SAAS and “self-acquisation” (p<.01). In conclusion, participation in physical activity positively affects both social appearance and healthy lifestyle behaviors.

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