scholarly journals Understanding the antecedents of healthy and unhealthy weight-control behaviours: Grit, motivation, and self-control

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
María Marentes-Castillo ◽  
Isabel Castillo ◽  
Inés Tomás ◽  
Jorge Zamarripa ◽  
Octavio Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Unhealthy Weight Control ◽  
Unhealthy Weight ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Objective: In order to understand the psychological antecedents or personal factors that lead to weight control behaviours that can help to develop more effective prevention strategies. Design: The present correlational study has a non-experimental, quantitative, cross-sectional design. A model was tested considering types of motivation (autonomous motivation, controlled motivation, and amotivation) as mediators in the relationship between the Grit personality and healthy and unhealthy weight control behaviours, with self-control as a moderator in the aforementioned indirect effects. Setting: Monterrey (Nuevo León, México) Participants: A representative sample of 1219 adults (men = 599; women = 620) aged 18 to 65 years (M = 29.37, SD = 11.83). Results: Findings supported the mediator role of the types of motivation. Specifically, Grit showed a positive indirect effect on healthy weight control behaviours through autonomous motivation. Conversely, Grit showed a negative indirect effect on unhealthy weight control behaviours through autonomous motivation. Furthermore, findings supported the moderator role of self-control in the relationship between amotivation and healthy and unhealthy weight control behaviours. Conclusions: This study provides evidence for the key role of Grit in the adoption of healthy or unhealthy control behaviours, as well as the role of autonomous motivation in the development of healthy behaviours.

scholarly journals Direct and the Indirect Determinants of Weight-Control Behaviours among Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Tur-Sinai ◽  
T Kolobov ◽  
R Tesler ◽  
O Baron-Epel ◽  
K Dvir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Communication ◽  
Weight Control ◽  
Family Meals ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Family Wealth ◽  
Weight Control Behaviour ◽  
Employed Parents ◽  
Unhealthy Weight Control ◽  
Unhealthy Weight ◽  
Control Behaviour

Abstract Background Economic determinants such as socioeconomic inequalities and parents’ employment have a profound impact on the health of adolescents in terms of unhealthy weight-control behaviours (UWCB). In addition, various family factors may play a role in adolescents’ weight-control behaviours (WCB). This study examines the association among socioeconomic status, perceived family wealth, and number of employed parents and Israeli adolescents’ WCB and asks whether family variables (parental communication, monitoring, support, and family meals) mediate WCB. Methods Data from the cross-sectional questionnaire of the 2014 Israeli Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study are analysed using structural equation modelling. The research population includes approximately 7,000 Israeli schoolchildren in grades 6, 8, and 10. The association among socioeconomic status (SES) factors (SES measures, parental employment), sociodemographic factors, and weight-control behaviours among adolescents is calculated. Results High family affluence and high perceived family wealth are negatively associated with unhealthy weight-control behaviour. Having two employed parents leads to lower levels of UWCB. Family-related variables like family communication and support and parental monitoring are found to mitigate unhealthy weight-control behaviours. Family meals have a significantly positive effect on healthy weight-control behaviour and a significantly negative impact on unhealthy weight-control activities. Conclusions The findings suggest that economic factors such as SES and number of employed parents are necessary strategies for long-term weight-control practice. The combination of WCB and family meals is the most effective method for adolescents’ healthy weight-control behaviour. Key messages The study highlights the importance of considering the quality of family communication and support as a health asset that may contribute to WCB among young people. Family affluence and perceived family wealth, which were two separate measurements, were perceived differently by adolescents.

scholarly journals How Do Instant Messages Reduce Psychological Withdrawal Behaviors?—Mediation of Engagement and Moderation of Self-Control

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 2983
Author(s):  
Xia Jiang ◽  
Jing Du ◽  
Tianfei Yang ◽  
Yujing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Cognitive Engagement ◽  
Time Instant ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Emotional Engagement ◽  
Short Text ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Withdrawal Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship

Enabling people to send and receive short text-based messages in real-time, instant messaging (IM) is a communication technology that allows instantaneous information exchanges. The development of technology makes IM communication widely adopted in the workplace, which brings a series of changes for modern contemporary working life. Based on the conservation of resource theory (COR), this paper explores the mechanism of workplace IM communication on employees’ psychological withdrawal, and investigates the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship and the moderating role of self-control. Using the experience sampling method (ESM), a 10-consecutive workdays daily study was conducted among 66 employees. By data analysis of 632 observations using SPSS and HLM, results found that: (1) IM demands had a positive relation with emotion and cognitive engagement. (2) Emotion and cognitive engagement were negatively correlated with psychological withdrawal. (3) Emotion and cognitive engagement mediated the relations of IM demands and psychological withdrawal. (4) Self-control moderated the relationship between emotional engagement and psychological withdrawal.

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