Motivation, self-efficacy, physical activity and nutrition in college students: Randomized controlled trial of an internet-based education program

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

卷:47

Article

Franko, Debra L.¹  Cousineau, Tara M.²  Trant, Meredith²  Green, Traci Craig²  Rancourt, Diana²  Thompson, Douglas¹  Ainscough, Jessica²  Mintz, Laurie B.³  Ciccazzo, Michele⁴ 

[1] Northeastern Univ, Dept Counseling & Appl Educ Psychol, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[2] Inflexxion Inc, Newton, MA USA

[3] Univ Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 USA

[4] Florida Int Univ, Miami, FL 33199 USA

关键词: Nutrition;    Education;    Internet;    College;    Fruit;    Vegetable;    Motivation;    Physical activity;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.06.013

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Objective. MyStudentBody.com-Nutrition (MSB-N) is an internet-based nutrition and physical activity education program for college students. Method. Students from six universities (N=476) in the U.S. were randomly assigned in the fall of 2005 to one of three groups: MSB-N (Experimental 1), MSB-N plus Booster (Experimental 11), or an attention placebo control group. Results. Experimental I and 11 group participants increased their fruit and vegetable intake by .33 and .24 servings, respectively, relative to the control group at post-test. Both experimental groups improved their motivation to change eating behaviors (p<.05) and were also more likely to increase their social support and self-efficacy for dietary change (p's<.05). Experimental groups also improved their attitude toward exercise (p<.05), but no behavioral changes in physical activity were noted. Conclusion. MyStudentBody.com-Nutrition is an effective internet-based program that may have wide applicability on college campuses for nutrition education and promoting change in health behaviors. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc, All rights reserved.

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