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

被引:103
作者
Franko, Debra L. [1 ]
Cousineau, Tara M. [2 ]
Trant, Meredith [2 ]
Green, Traci Craig [2 ]
Rancourt, Diana [2 ]
Thompson, Douglas [1 ]
Ainscough, Jessica [2 ]
Mintz, Laurie B. [3 ]
Ciccazzo, Michele [4 ]
机构
[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;
D O I
10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.06.013
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
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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页码:369 / 377
页数:9
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