title: Intentions and trait self-control predict fruit and vegetable consumption during the transition to first-year university.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the independent and combined effects of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) variables and trait self-control (TSC) in the prediction of fruit and vegetable consumption (FVC) among first-year university students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-six first-year undergraduate university students.
  
  
  METHODS
  In their first week of class (September 2011), participants completed baseline measures of TSC, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and intentions about their FVC. One week later, students completed a 7-day food recall, from which daily FVC was calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Baseline attitudes and perceived behavioral control predicted intentions (adjR(2) = .58). Intentions and TSC predicted FVC (adjR(2) = .24).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The TPB may be a useful framework on which to base a FVC intervention for first-year undergraduate students; however, focusing solely on increasing positive intentions to consume FVC will not necessarily translate into FVC behavior, as other personal- and environmental-level variables may play a role.
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Tomasone
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meikle
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Bray
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000068356:Self-Control / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D014675:Vegetables
keywords: Theory of Planned Behavior; first-year undergraduate students; fruit and vegetable consumption; trait self-control