The importance of decisional balance and self-efficacy in relation to stages of change for fruit and vegetable intakes by young adults.

摘要: Abstract Purpose. To examine the stages of change, decisional balance, and self-efficacy constructs in relation to fruit vegetable intakes by young adults 18–24 years old. Design. A cross-sectional project was conducted 10 states January–July 2000 balance stage change for increasing intake among adults. Subjects. In all, 1545 usable surveys were returned (response rate = 55%). More non-respondents men precontemplators than respondents. Sixty-one percent respondents women, 90.3% white, 49.7% current students. Setting. Alabama, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Rhode Island, Oregon, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Measures. telephone screening interview a self-administered mail survey. Analysis. Analysis variance, principal components analysis, cluster χ2 test. Results. From precontemplation maintenance, significant linear trend found toward hig...