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Temptations to Eat Moderated by Personal and Environmental Self-regulation Tools
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Social support influences on eating awareness in children and adolescents : the mediating effect of self-regulatory strategies
Publication . Matos, Margarida Gaspar de; Palmeira, Antonio L.; Gaspar, Tania; De Wit, John B. F.; Luszczynska, Aleksandra
The impact of the social environment on healthy eating awareness results from complex interactions among physical, economic, cultural, interpersonal and individual characteristics. This study investigated the impact of social support and social influence on healthy eating awareness, controlling for socio-economic status, gender and age. Additionally, the mediating effect of self-regulation strategies was examined. A total of 2764 children and adolescents aged 10-17 from four European countries completed self-report measures on healthy eating awareness, social influence and the use of self-regulation strategies. Healthy eating awareness and the use of self-regulation strategies were more likely to occur among younger participants. An interaction between gender and age was related to the use of some self-regulation strategies; compared to girls, boys decreased the use of self-regulation strategies more from pre-adolescence to adolescence. Peer social influence was associated with more unhealthy eating in older participants. Results suggest a need to promote self-regulatory competences among young people in order to assist them with regulating their eating behaviours, especially in the presence of peers. Both school-based interventions and family-based interventions, focusing on self-regulation cognitions and social (peer) influence, could help children and adolescents to use self-regulatory strategies which are essential to eat healthier.
Eating behavior in children and adolescents from four European countries : socioeconomic self-regulatory and peer group influences
Publication . Gaspar, Tânia; Matos, Margarida Gaspar de; Luszczynska, Aleksandra; De Wit, John
This study aimed to investigate the associations between individual (socio-economic status (SES), and selfregulation strategies), and interpersonal factors (friend's social influence) and eating behaviours, among children and adolescents. A total of 2,764 adolescents, aged 10 to 17, from four countries (The Netherlands, the UK, Poland, and Portugal) completed a questionnaire about the use of self-regulation strategies and social influence. Both environmental and individual factors were found to be associated with eating awareness/care. The most strongly associated variables were friend's social influence, SES, and one of the self-regulation strategies (actions towards goals). Socio-economic status had a moderate to low effect on eating behaviour and eating behaviour awareness/care in European children and adolescents, controlling for self-regulation strategies and interpersonal factors (friend's social influence). The findings highlight the relevance of educational actions promoting selfregulation, namely in schools, as a way to promote healthy eating behaviour. This is especially important in countries facing economic recession, where poverty can act as a vulnerability factor with regard to food consumption.
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European Commission
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FP7
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223488