title: Social-cognitive correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption in minority and non-minority youth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Inadequate fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption signals a need for identifying predictors and correlates of intake, particularly in diverse adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants completed an on-line assessment in early 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  Computer classrooms in 4 high schools.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred twenty-two Caucasian and 125 minority (African American and Hispanic) high school students (mean age = 15.3 years, SD = 1.0) with parental consent. Response rate was 89%.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-efficacy as measured by confidence in goal setting and decision making about healthful eating; perceived benefits and barriers to eating FVs; healthful eating-related social support; body esteem; and FV intake.
  
  
  METHODS
  t tests were used to examine group differences, and binary logistic regression analyses were conducted to explore the predictors of 5-A-Day FV consumption.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty-four percent of the non-minority group and 28% of the minority group reported eating 5 or more portions of FVs a day (P = .34). Self-efficacy and perceived benefits predicted consumption in minority participants, whereas barriers and social support were significant predictors in the non-minority group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest different variables predict consumption for minority and non-minority groups and that self-efficacy is an important variable to consider in dietary change programs for minority adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. d.franko@neu.edu
authors.forename: Debra L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Franko
authors.forename: Tara M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Cousineau
authors.forename: Rachel F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Rodgers
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Roehrig
authors.forename: Jessica A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003657:Decision Making; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D014675:Vegetables