Autonomous Motivation and Fruit/Vegetable Intake in Parent-Adolescent Dyads.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Autonomous motivation (motivation to engage in a behavior because of personal choice, interest, or value) is often associated with health behaviors. The present study contributes to research on motivation and eating behaviors by examining (1) how autonomous motivation is correlated within parent-adolescent dyads and (2) whether parent- and adolescent-reported autonomous motivation predicts the parent-adolescent correlation in fruit and vegetable (FV) intake frequency.

Methods

Data were drawn from the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Study, a cross-sectional U.S. survey of parent-adolescent dyads led by the National Cancer Institute and fielded between April and October 2014. In 2016, data were analyzed from dyads who had responses on a six

SUBMITTER: Dwyer LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5512865 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature