Abstract
Objectives: To assess reliability/validity of psychosocial surveys and explore health beliefs across weight status in female freshmen. Methods: Participants (N = 259) completed Weight Efficacy Lifestyle Questionnaire and Eating Among Teens-II survey; results evaluated by weight status (Cronbach α; principal components analysis; Mann- Whitney U). Results: Factor structures generally differed by weight group but "trigger situations" and "social pressure" were consistent. For comparable constructs with Cronbach α >.70, scores were neutral or slightly positive for self-efficacy, emotional eating, and social pressure. Scores did not differ between weight groups. Conclusions: Surveys demonstrated reliability but could benefit from further development to accurately evaluate psychosocial variables by weight status.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 502-516 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | American journal of health behavior |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2013 |
Keywords
- College
- Diet
- Health
- Psychosocial
- Weight
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health(social science)
- Social Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health