scholarly journals An Exploratory study of compliance with dietary recommendations among college students majoring in health-related disciplines: application of the transtheoretical model

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura H. McArthur ◽  
Roman Pawlak
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Transtheoretical Model ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Dietary Recommendations ◽  
Health Related

scholarly journals Fit into College: A Program to Improve Physical Activity and Dietary Intake Lifestyles among College Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Topp ◽  
Jean S. Edward ◽  
S. Lee Ridner ◽  
Dean E. Jacks ◽  
Karen Newton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Transtheoretical Model ◽  
College Freshmen ◽  
Health Behavior Change ◽  
Excess Body Weight ◽  
Health Related

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a 10-week program could improve physical activity, physical fitness, body weight, dietary intake, and perceptions of exercise and diet among college 30 healthy college freshmen. Outcomes were measured at baseline, and following the 10-week program. The weekly sessions incorporated constructs of the Transtheoretical Model of Health Behavior Change and were administered by fitness interns who were junior or senior college students enrolled in health-related majors. The participants presented with low physical activity, physical fitness, and poor dietary intake, and 50% were overweight/obese (BMI > 25). Participants demonstrated gains in their physical fitness and their perceived benefits to engaging in exercise and decreased their perceived barriers to engaging in exercise and a healthy diet. College freshmen presented with low levels of physical activity, poor dietary intake, and excess body weight. A peer-administered program can improve these measures and favorably change perceptions of exercise and diet.

Understanding Health Behavior: An Integrated Model for Social Marketers

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 2-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Cismaru ◽  
Anne M. Lavack ◽  
Heather Hadjistavropoulos ◽  
Kim D. Dorsch
Keyword(s):  
Health Behavior ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Transtheoretical Model ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Extended Parallel Process Model ◽  
Behavioral Theories ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Social Marketing Campaigns ◽  
Insight Into

Many effective social marketing campaigns seek to change health-related behavior by utilizing various health-protective behavioral theories. In this article, we review and integrate three such theories: protection motivation theory (PMT), the extended parallel process model (EPPM), and the transtheoretical model (TTM). We highlight how EPPM and TTM can be used to refine PMT by adding insight into the decision-making process involved when consumers consider whether or not to follow a particular recommended health behavior. Specifically, the development of an integrated PMT model can provide insight into the characteristics of people more or less likely to change, what happens when persuasion fails, and what can be done to increase persuasion. Developing an integrated PMT model opens new avenues of research that have the potential to increase our understanding of behavior and assist in creating more persuasive social marketing campaigns.

scholarly journals The Association of Body Mass Index with Health-Related Quality of Life: An Exploratory Study in a Multiethnic Asian Population

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. S105-S114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hwee-Lin Wee ◽  
Yin-Bun Cheung ◽  
Wai-Chiong Loke ◽  
Chee-Beng Tan ◽  
Mun-Hong Chow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Asian Population ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related

An Exploratory Study of Word Associations of Negro College Students

1968 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon H. Belcher ◽  
Joel T. Campbell
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Word Association ◽  
Scholastic Aptitude Test ◽  
Reading Difficulty ◽  
Aptitude Test ◽  
Word Associations ◽  
Scholastic Aptitude

Two word-association lists of 50 words were each administered to 50 Negro college students. 41 words were taken from the Kent-Rosanoff list, 29 from the Palermo-Jenkins list, and 30 were words used in analogy items of the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Comparisons with previous normative studies showed generally similar results. The present study did result in slightly smaller proportions of matching from class primary responses to noun, pronoun, and adverb stimulus words and of opposite responses to “opposite-evoking stimuli.” A number of the responses indicated reading difficulty or misunderstanding of the word.

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