ABSTRACT
Introduction: This study was aimed to determine the relationship of variables of psycho-social behaviors in mothers with healthy nutritional eating behavior in primary school students of district 5 in Tehran. Materials and Methods: For this a cross- sectional study, samples were selected by the cluster sampling approach. In total, 200 students were selected from non-government schools in district 5 of Tehran. Data were collected using standardized questionnaires, including the Youth/Adolescent Questionnaire [YAQ], the food frequency questionnaire, the socio-demographic questionnaire, and the Health Action Process Approach questionnaire. Data was analyzed using LISREL 8.8
Results: In the motivational phase, risk perception [P<0.05, p=-0.40], outcome expectation [P<0.05, p=0.34] and task self-efficacy [P<0.05, p=0.23] were significantly associated with nutritional intention behavior. Moreover, action planning was significantly associated with coping planning [P<0.001, p=0.27], two factors accounting for 59% of variance coping planning for I diagnostic validation. In the voluntary phase, action planning [P<0.001, p=0.32], coping planning [P<0.001, p=0.27] and proactive improvement [P<0.001, p=0.31] were positively related to healthy nutritional behavior, which explained 79% of the variance
Conciusion: A strong correlation between psychological - social behavior variables in healthy nutritional behaviors of mothers and students' showed that mothers play a vital role in promoting children's nutritional behaviors. Students training programs should involve mothers in all educational nutrition interventions