Psychosocial Predictors of Changes in Adolescent Girls' Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors over the Course of the "Go Girls!" Group-Based Mentoring Program

Autor/inn/en	Dowd, A. Justine; Chen, Michelle Y.; Schmader, Toni; Jung, Mary E.; Zumbo, Bruno D.; Beauchamp, Mark R.
Titel	Psychosocial Predictors of Changes in Adolescent Girls' Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors over the Course of the "Go Girls!" Group-Based Mentoring Program
Quelle	In: Health Education Research, 31 (2016) 4, S.478-491 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-1153
DOI	10.1093/her/cyw021
Schlagwörter	Adolescent Attitudes; Females; Attitude Change; Social Cognition; Physical Activities; Predictor Variables; Dietetics; Health Behavior; Behavior Change; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Path Analysis; Self Efficacy; Self Control; Intention; Mentors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Soziale Kognition; Prädiktor; Ernährungslehre; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Pfadanalyse; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Selbstbeherrschung
Abstract	Changes in social cognitions targeted within a group-based mentoring program for adolescent girls were examined as predictors of changes in physical activity (PA) and dietary behavior (in two separate models) over the course of the 7-week program. Data were collected from 310 participants who participated in the program. Multilevel path models were used to assess changes in psychosocial variables predicting changes in behavioral outcomes from pre- to post-program. Analyses revealed that 24.4 and 12.3% of the variance in increases in PA and dietary behavior, respectively, was explained by increases in affective and instrumental attitudes, self-regulatory efficacy (SRE), and intentions. Increases in intentions partially mediated the effects of increases in SRE and affective attitudes on increases in PA behavior. In relation to improvements in dietary behavior, increases in intentions and SRE directly predicted improvements in dietary behavior. These findings suggest potential psychological mechanisms through which a group-based mentoring program may lead to changes in adolescent girls' health-enhancing PA and dietary behaviors. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01