Assessing self-regulation strategies: development and validation of the tempest self-regulation questionnaire for eating (TESQ-E) in adolescents

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Tania Gaspar¹  Adriana Baban⁵  Karen Brunso²  Marijn Stok³  Denise De Ridder³  Emely De Vet⁴ 

[1] Faculty of Human Kinetics, Technical University of Lisbon, Estrada da Costa1495 - 688 Cruz Quebrada, Lisbon, Portugal;Department of Business Administration, Aarhus University, Bartholins Allé 10, Aarhus, 8000, Denmark;Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, Utrecht, 3508 TC, The Netherlands;Chair group Strategic Communication, Wageningen University, Hollandseweg 1, Wageningen, 6706 KN, The Netherlands;Department of Psychology, Babes-Bolyai University, 37 Republicii, Cluj-Napoca, 400015, Romania

关键词: Diet;    Questionnaire;    Measurement;    Adolescence;    Eating;    Goals;    Temptations;    Self-regulation;   

Others  :  1136213
DOI  :  10.1186/s12966-014-0106-z

 received in 2013-10-10, accepted in 2014-08-11,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Applying self-regulation strategies have proven important in eating behaviors, but it remains subject to investigation what strategies adolescents report to use to ensure healthy eating, and adequate measures are lacking. Therefore, we developed and validated a self-regulation questionnaire applied to eating (TESQ-E) for adolescents.

Methods

Study 1 reports a four-step approach to develop the TESQ-E questionnaire (n = 1097). Study 2 was a cross-sectional survey among adolescents from nine European countries (n = 11,392) that assessed the TESQ-E, eating-related behaviors, dietary intake and background characteristics. In study 3, the TESQ-E was administered twice within four weeks to evaluate test-retest reliability (n = 140). Study 4 was a cross-sectional survey (n = 93) that assessed the TESQ-E and related psychological constructs (e.g., motivation, autonomy, self-control). All participants were aged between 10 and 17 years.

Results

Study 1 resulted in a 24-item questionnaire assessing adolescent-reported use of six specific strategies for healthy eating that represent three general self-regulation approaches. Study 2 showed that the easy-to-administer theory-based TESQ-E has a clear factor structure and good subscale reliabilities. The questionnaire was related to eating-related behaviors and dietary intake, indicating predictive validity. Study 3 showed good test-retest reliabilities for the TESQ-E. Study 4 indicated that TESQ-E was related to but also distinguishable from general self-regulation and motivation measures.

Conclusions

The TESQ-E provides a reliable and valid measure to assess six theory-based self-regulation strategies that adolescents may use to ensure their healthy eating.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 De Vet et al.;

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