The aim of this study was to determine whether any difference was
observed in the behaviour of nursing students. This longitudinal and descriptive study
was conducted with 57 students during 2002–2006 academic years Marmara University,
School of Nursing. The ‘‘health promotion lifestyle profile’’ developed in 1987 by Pender et al. was evaluated as to its validity and reliability in Turkey by the HPLP(healthy lifestyle behaviour scale) adapted by Esin. Percentage, variance analysis,
Cronbach a coefficient and the t-test were used in the analysis of data. The findingsindicated that healthy lifestyle behaviours of nursing students changed over time,
from when they began and at the end of every year during their nurse training.