Weight Gain Prevention for College Freshmen: Comparing Two Social Cognitive Theory-Based Interventions with and without Explicit Self-Regulation Training
Table 3
Social cognitive determinants of eating and physical activity behaviors in college freshmen before and after a 14-week weight gain prevention study: social cognitive theory with (SCTSR) and without (SCT) explicit self-regulation traininga.
SCTSR ()
SCT ()
value, time Ć group
Baseline
Week 14
Baseline
Week 14
Dietary strategies
āRegulating energy and fatb
2.2 + 0.2
2.9 + 0.2
2.6 + 0.2
3.2 + 0.2
0.67
āPlanning and trackingb
2.3 + 0.2
2.9 + 0.2
2.5 + 0.2
3.1 + 0.2
0.89
āRegulating fruit and vegetables
3.6 + 0.2
3.7 + 0.2
3.7 + 0.2
3.9 + 0.1
0.85
Dietary Self-regulatory efficacy
āKeeping track
73.6 + 4.9
71.0 + 5.0
71.9 + 4.5
72.1 + 4.7
0.60
āFruit and vegetables
66.4 + 4.4
66.1 + 5.0
72.0 + 4.0
74.7 + 4.7
0.56
Dietary outcome expectations
āPositiveb
3.9 + 0.1
4.4 + 0.2
4.3 + 0.1
4.6 + 0.1
0.65
āNegative
2.4 + 0.2
2.5 + 0.2
2.6 + 0.2
2.6 + 0.2
0.37
Physical activity (PA)
āSelf-regulation
3.2 + 0.2
3.2 + 0.2
3.3 + 0.2
3.6 + 0.2
0.42
āSelf-efficacy to integrate PA into daily routine
73.3 + 4.1
75.0 + 3.8
78.7 + 3.8
80.7 + 3.5
0.96
āPA barriers self efficacy
59.8 + 5.1
60.2 + 4.5
67.9 + 4.7
73.4 + 4.2
0.43
PA outcome expectations
āPositivebc
4.0 + 0.1
4.1 + 0.1
4.3 + 0.1
4.5 + 0.1
0.32
āNegative
2.2 + 0.1
2.2 + 0.1
2.1 + 0.1
2.0 + 0.1
0.81
aData are presented as mean + SEM.
bMain effect of time, .
cGroup difference at baseline, .