Food for thought : a social cognitive approach to assessing children’s food environments.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Umstattd Meyer, M. Renée. | |
| dc.creator | Sumrall, Jasmin C., 1990- | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-22T16:03:49Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-07T19:35:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-22T16:03:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-04-07T19:35:21Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2015-05 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-04-08 | |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2015 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-05-22T16:03:50Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this study was to describe the process of developing and piloting a Social Cognitive Theory (SCT)-based assessment tool to capture the interaction between environmental and social determinants of child fruit and vegetable (F/V) intake. A three-stage process facilitated development of the 64-item Food For Thought questionnaire: (1) initial item selection and improvement; (2) expert panel review for improvement and establishing content and face validity, comprehensiveness, and cultural equivalence; and (3) refinement from a pilot test and focus group. Instrument modifications determined from these processes were described in detail. Children ages 8-12 (n=42) of ethnically diverse and low-income households were administered the computer-based questionnaire during after-school programming at local community centers. Scale response means and bivariate correlations were calculated. Overall mean F/V intake met the daily recommendation of five servings (M=5.17; SD=3.43). Self-efficacy for eating, preparing, and asking for F/V was the SCT construct most strongly associated with F/V consumption (M=2.44; SD=0.41; r=0.50; p=0.01). Future research should be designedto validate the SCT-based scales included in the Food For Thought questionnaire to provide a more robust, theoretically comprehensive assessment of factors of children’s F/V intake. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9324 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | Worldwide access. | |
| dc.subject | Fruit. Vegetables. Social cognitive theory. | |
| dc.title | Food for thought : a social cognitive approach to assessing children’s food environments. | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text |