Table 7. Correlation of subscale of self-efficacy, beliefs, eating behaviors with the stages of change in nutrition management by sports type.

Sports type		Variables
		Self-efficacy regarding general eating behaviors2)	Self-efficacy regarding eating behaviors of exercise2)	Beliefs regarding advantages of nutrition3)	Beliefs regarding misconceptions/disadvantages of nutrition4)	General eating behaviors5)	Undesirable eating behaviors6)
Football (n = 36)
	Stages of change1)	0.0567)	0.236	0.005	−0.564***	0.132	−0.128
Baseball (n = 36)
	Stages of change	0.396*	0.386*	0.349*	−0.167	0.143	0.150
Handball (n = 39)
	Stages of change	0.421**	0.213	0.123	−0.475**	0.329*	−0.259
Others (field hockey, short track, etc., n = 56)
	Stages of change	0.382**	0.356**	0.125	−0.451***	0.313*	−0.339*
Total (n = 167)
	Stages of change	0.332***	0.312***	0.124	−0.354***	0.281***	−0.180*

¹⁾Measured by 5-point scales from 1(pre-contemplation stage) to 5(maintenance stage); ²⁾Possible score: 5–20; ³⁾Possible score: 6–24; ⁴⁾Possible score: 4–16; ⁵⁾Possible score: 6–18; ⁶⁾Possible score: 7–21; ⁷⁾Pearson correlation coefficient.

^*P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.01, ^***P < 0.001.