Applying the Health Belief Model to college students' health behavior
Nutrition Research and Practice
;
: 551-558, 2012.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-217154
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research was to investigate how university students' nutrition beliefs influence their health behavioral intention. This study used an online survey engine (Qulatrics.com) to collect data from college students. Out of 253 questionnaires collected, 251 questionnaires (99.2%) were used for the statistical analysis. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) revealed that six dimensions, "Nutrition Confidence," "Susceptibility," "Severity," "Barrier," "Benefit," "Behavioral Intention to Eat Healthy Food," and "Behavioral Intention to do Physical Activity," had construct validity; Cronbach's alpha coefficient and composite reliabilities were tested for item reliability. The results validate that objective nutrition knowledge was a good predictor of college students' nutrition confidence. The results also clearly showed that two direct measures were significant predictors of behavioral intentions as hypothesized. Perceived benefit of eating healthy food and perceived barrier for eat healthy food to had significant effects on Behavioral Intentions and was a valid measurement to use to determine Behavioral Intentions. These findings can enhance the extant literature on the universal applicability of the model and serve as useful references for further investigations of the validity of the model within other health care or foodservice settings and for other health behavioral categories.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Health Behavior
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Collodion
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Delivery of Health Care
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Intention
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Eating
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Nutrition Research and Practice
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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