Applying the temporal self-regulation theory to understand sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Chinese college students
| Autor: | Hui-Lan Xiao, Cheng-Yan Jin, Guang-Dong Zhang, Chun-Qing Zhang |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 21642850 2164-2850 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/21642850.2023.2208213 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACTObjective Worldwide, there is a growing trend that college students are consuming more and more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). In order to develop effective intervention strategies, it is important to explore what social-cognitive factors impact on college students’ SSB consumption. Building on the temporal self-regulation theory (TST), the current study aimed to examine the effects of intention, behavioral prepotency, and self-regulatory capacity on SSB consumption among college students.Design Data were collected from five hundred Chinese college students online. Participants self-reported their intention, behavioral prepotency (environmental cues and habits), self-regulatory capacity, and behaviors of SSB consumption.Results Study findings showed that intention, behavioral prepotency, and self-regulatory capacity accounted for 32.9% of variance in SSB consumption. In terms of the direct effects, intention, behavioral prepotency, and self-regulatory capacity were significantly associated with the SSB consumption among college students. In addition, self-regulatory capacity and habits but not the environmental cues showed significant moderation effects on the intention-SSB consumption path, indicating that individual factors rather than environmental cues influenced the intention-behavior path of SSB consumption among college students.Conclusion Findings of the current study demonstrated that the TST can be used to explain and understand the impacts of social-cognitive factors on college students’ SSB consumption. Future research can apply TST to develop effective intervention programs targeting the reduction of SSB consumption among college students. |
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