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Social support influences on eating awareness in children and adolescents : The mediating effect of self-regulatory strategies

dc.contributor.authorMatos, Margarida Gaspar de
dc.contributor.authorPalmeira, António L.
dc.contributor.authorGaspar, Tania
dc.contributor.authorde Wit, John B. F.
dc.contributor.authorLuszczynska, Aleksandra
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-05T13:21:34Z
dc.date.available2016-03-05T13:21:34Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe impact of the social environment on healthy eating awareness results from complex interactions among physical, economic, cultural, interpersonal and individual characteristics. This study investigated the impact of social support and social influence on healthy eating awareness, controlling for socio-economic status, gender and age. Additionally, the mediating effect of self-regulation strategies was examined. A total of 2764 children and adolescents aged 10-17 from four European countries completed self-report measures on healthy eating awareness, social influence and the use of self-regulation strategies. Healthy eating awareness and the use of self-regulation strategies were more likely to occur among younger participants. An interaction between gender and age was related to the use of some self-regulation strategies; compared to girls, boys decreased the use of self-regulation strategies more from pre-adolescence to adolescence. Peer social influence was associated with more unhealthy eating in older participants. Results suggest a need to promote self-regulatory competences among young people in order to assist them with regulating their eating behaviours, especially in the presence of peers. Both school-based interventions and family-based interventions, focusing on self-regulation cognitions and social (peer) influence, could help children and adolescents to use self-regulatory strategies which are essential to eat healthier.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Comissionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationGlobal Public Health, 11, 437-448. doi:10.1080/17441692.2015.1094106pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17441692.2015.1094106pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1744-1692
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/4398
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherRoutledgept_PT
dc.relationTemptations to Eat Moderated by Personal and Environmental Self-regulation Tools
dc.subjectAdolescencept_PT
dc.subjectSelf-regulationpt_PT
dc.subjectSocial influencept_PT
dc.subjectSocio economic statuspt_PT
dc.subjectEating awarenesspt_PT
dc.titleSocial support influences on eating awareness in children and adolescents : The mediating effect of self-regulatory strategiespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardTitleTemptations to Eat Moderated by Personal and Environmental Self-regulation Tools
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/223488/EU
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceOxfordshirept_PT
oaire.citation.endPage448pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage437pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleGlobal Public Healthpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume11pt_PT
oaire.fundingStreamFP7
person.familyNameGaspar
person.givenNameTania
person.identifier.ciencia-id3811-05D5-7235
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9616-0441
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
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