Table 3.
Social cognitive determinants of eating and physical activity behaviors in college freshmen before and after a 14-week weight gain prevention study: social cognitive theory with (SCTSR) and without (SCT) explicit self-regulation traininga.
| SCTSR (n = 18) | SCT (n = 21) | P value, time × group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Baseline | Week 14 | Baseline | Week 14 | ||
| Dietary strategies | |||||
| Regulating energy and fatb | 2.2 + 0.2 | 2.9 + 0.2 | 2.6 + 0.2 | 3.2 + 0.2 | 0.67 |
| Planning and trackingb | 2.3 + 0.2 | 2.9 + 0.2 | 2.5 + 0.2 | 3.1 + 0.2 | 0.89 |
| Regulating fruit and vegetables | 3.6 + 0.2 | 3.7 + 0.2 | 3.7 + 0.2 | 3.9 + 0.1 | 0.85 |
| Dietary Self-regulatory efficacy | |||||
| Keeping track | 73.6 + 4.9 | 71.0 + 5.0 | 71.9 + 4.5 | 72.1 + 4.7 | 0.60 |
| Fruit and vegetables | 66.4 + 4.4 | 66.1 + 5.0 | 72.0 + 4.0 | 74.7 + 4.7 | 0.56 |
| Dietary outcome expectations | |||||
| Positiveb | 3.9 + 0.1 | 4.4 + 0.2 | 4.3 + 0.1 | 4.6 + 0.1 | 0.65 |
| Negative | 2.4 + 0.2 | 2.5 + 0.2 | 2.6 + 0.2 | 2.6 + 0.2 | 0.37 |
| Physical activity (PA) | |||||
| Self-regulation | 3.2 + 0.2 | 3.2 + 0.2 | 3.3 + 0.2 | 3.6 + 0.2 | 0.42 |
| Self-efficacy to integrate PA into daily routine | 73.3 + 4.1 | 75.0 + 3.8 | 78.7 + 3.8 | 80.7 + 3.5 | 0.96 |
| PA barriers self efficacy | 59.8 + 5.1 | 60.2 + 4.5 | 67.9 + 4.7 | 73.4 + 4.2 | 0.43 |
| PA outcome expectations | |||||
| Positivebc | 4.0 + 0.1 | 4.1 + 0.1 | 4.3 + 0.1 | 4.5 + 0.1 | 0.32 |
| Negative | 2.2 + 0.1 | 2.2 + 0.1 | 2.1 + 0.1 | 2.0 + 0.1 | 0.81 |
aData are presented as mean + SEM.
bMain effect of time, P < 0.10.
cGroup difference at baseline, P < 0.10.