Table 3.
Mean Differences in Outcomes and Social Cognitive Theory Constructs of Participants in the Home Sweet Home Intervention (n=47)
Outcomes | Measurement Range |
Before n=47 |
After n=47 |
Average Change |
P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Cognitive Theory Construct: Behavior (Program Goals) | |||||
Adult Sedentary Behavior |
0–5 hours/d | 3.5 +/− 1.5 | 2.8 +/− 1.5 | −0.7 | 0.005* |
Child Sedentary Behavior |
0–5 hours/d | 3.2 +/− 1.5 | 2.4 +/− 1.4 | −0.7 | 0.006* |
Meals Eaten at Home | 5.2 +/− 2.7 | 4.8 +/− 2.7 | −0.55 | 0.17 | |
Mindful Eating Scores | |||||
Disinhibition | 8–40 | 29.9 +/− 5.9 | 31.7 +/− 6.0 | 1.9 | 0.001* |
Awareness | 7–35 | 25.7 +/− 4.2 | 27.5 +/− 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.001* |
Emotion Eating | 4–20 | 15.0 +/− 3.7 | 16.8 +/− 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.002* |
Distractions | 3–15 | 10.8 +/− 2.2 | 11.0 +/− 2.2 | 0.24 | 0.47 |
Adult red light food intake |
Servings/d | 4.4 +/− 3.9 | 3.1 +/− 2.6 | −1.4 | 0.007* |
Child red light food intake |
Servings/d | 5.3 +/− 4.4 | 3.3 +/− 2.1 | −1.9 | 0.006* |
Social Cognitive Theory Construct: Characteristics of the Individual | |||||
Limited use of sweet/salty snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages as rewards |
2–10 | 6.9 +/− 1.9 | 7.7 +/− 1.6 | 0.70 | 0.04 |
Limited use of physical inactivity as a reward |
3–15 | 10.3 +/− 1.6 | 10.0 +/− 2.1 | −0.3 | 0.51 |
Role modeling: healthy eating |
3–15 | 10.2 +/− 2.3 | 11.1 +/− 2.1 | 0.70 | 0.06 |
Role modeling: mindful eating |
3–15 | 10.2 +/− 3.0 | 11.6 +/− 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.006* |
Role modeling: physical activity |
2–10 | 5.9 +/− 1.6 | 6.4 +/− 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.02 |
Social Cognitive Theory Construct: Characteristics of the Environment | |||||
Availability of fruits and vegetables |
2–10 | 9.4 +/− 1.5 | 9.6 +/− 0.9 | 0.11 | 0.54 |
Limited availability sweet/salty snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages |
4–20 | 10.4 +/− 4.0 | 12.3 +/− 3.6 | 2.13 | <0.0001* |
Access to fruits and vegetables |
2–10 | 7.2 +/− 2.1 | 7.6 +/− 1.9 | 0.37 | 0.33 |
Limited access to sweet/salty snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages |
4–20 | 12.7 +/− 4.4 | 14.7 +/− 4.5 | 1.97 | 0.004* |
Two-tailed paired t-tests were used to determine whether the intervention produced significant changes in the four behaviors and SCT constructs.
Significantly improved scores or p=<0.01.