Title
Self-efficacy, perceived benefits, and weight satisfaction discriminate among stages of change for fruit and vegetable intakes for young men and women
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-2002
Abstract
This study determined whether psychosocial, weight satisfaction, and dietary pattern variables discriminate between the Stages of Change for fruit and vegetable intakes among young men and women. A random sample of 18 to 24 year-olds, from 10 states returned 1438 surveys. Discriminant analyses for fruit intake conveyed that between precontemplation and contemplation/preparation, pro-scores and self-efficacy predicted the men's but not women's stages. Between contemplation/preparation and action/maintenance, self-efficacy and breakfast consumption best predicted stage for women, whereas men were discriminated only by self-efficacy. Discriminant analyses for vegetable intake were similar by gender. Precontemplation and contemplation/preparation were discriminated by pro-score and staging into contemplation/preparation versus action/maintenance was best predicted by self-efficacy and weight satisfaction. Young men and women are at different places in the Stages of Change process and few are meeting the vegetable guidelines. Dietary interventions can be most effective if specifically tailored to food group, stage, and gender.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Journal of the American Dietetic Association
Volume
102
Issue
10
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Horacek, Tanya M., Adrienne White, Nancy M. Betts, Sharon Hoerr, Constance Georgiou, Susan Nitzke, Jun Ma, and Geoffrey Greene. "Self-efficacy, perceived benefits, and weight satisfaction discriminate among stages of change for fruit and vegetable intakes for young men and women." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 102, 10 (2002): 1466-1470. doi: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90325-1.