title: Social cognitive maternal-mediated nutritional correlates of childhood obesity.
abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the extent to which the maternal-facilitated, social cognitive theory constructs of environment, emotional coping, expectations, self-control, and self-efficacy predicted child fruit and vegetable consumption and sugar-free beverage intake. Instrumentation comprised three stages of data collection and analysis. Stage 1 included item generation, face and content validity by a panel of six experts, and readability by Flesch Reading Ease and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level tests. Stage 2 assessed stability of the theoretical constructs using the test-retest procedure with 30 participants. Structural equation modeling was used during Stage 3 to conduct confirmatory factor analysis and to establish predictive validity of the models. A total of 224 respondents participated in this study. Maternal-facilitated home environment and self-efficacy were significant predictors of child fruit and vegetable consumption while maternal-mediated home environment and emotional coping were significant predictors of child sugar-free beverage intake.
authors: Department of Health Science, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA aknowlden@ches.ua.edu.
authors: Adam P
authors: AP
authors: Knowlden
authors: Health Promotion & Education Program & Public Health Sciences, The University of Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors: Manoj
authors: M
authors: Sharma
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003625:Data Collection; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000209:etiology*; D011582:Psychological Theory; D014675:Vegetables
keywords: childhood obesity; fruit and vegetable consumption; mother–child dyad; social cognitive theory; sugar-sweetened beverage intake