Scale development: factors affecting diet, exercise, and stress management (FADESM).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to develop scales measuring personal and environmental factors that affect dietary fat intake behavior, physical activity, and stress management in low-income mothers.

Methods

FADESM (factors affecting diet, exercise, and stress management) scales were developed using the Social Cognitive Theory to measure personal (outcome expectancies, self-efficacy, emotional coping response) and environmental (physical environment, social environment, situation) factors affecting dietary fat intake behavior, physical activity, and stress management. Low-income African American and white mothers were recruited from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children in three counties in Michigan. In Phase one, 45 mothers c

SUBMITTER: Chang MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2266923 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature