Abstract
Objective
To investigate (1) how perceived parental control, perceived parental modeling, and
parent–teen co–decision making are associated with teenagers’ consumption of fruits
and vegetables as well as sugary drinks and less healthful food; and (2) whether self-efficacy
mediates this relationship.
Design
Cross-sectional survey.
Participants
A total of 1,657 adolescents aged 12–17years.
Main Outcome Measure(s)
Perceived parental control, perceived parental modeling, parent–teen co–decision making,
self-efficacy, and consumption of fruits and vegetables as well as sugary drinks and
less healthful food.
Analysis
Ordinary least-squares regressions and mediation analyses.
Results
After controlling for teenagers’ self-efficacy, perceived parental control was not
significantly associated with teenagers’ fruit and vegetable consumption but it was
negatively related to teenagers’ consumption of sugary drinks and less nutrient-dense
food. Perceived parental modeling had a positive correlation to teenagers’ fruit and
vegetable consumption and a negative relationship to their consumption of sugary drinks
and less healthful food. Parent–teen co–decision making regarding teenagers’ food
consumption emerged as a positive predictor for teenagers’ fruit and vegetable consumption
but not for that of sugary drinks and foods with little nutritional value after controlling
for self-efficacy.
Conclusions and Implications
Findings from this study demonstrated that perceived parental behaviors were related
to teenagers’ nutrition intakes. Not exerting too much control and having teenagers
participate in the decision-making process could help teenagers eat more healthily.
Furthermore, providing a positive role model for teenagers can be an effective strategy
to encourage teenagers to eat better.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 7,
2018
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- PreviewThe November/December 2018 issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior carried a Research Article titled “Modeling Parental Influence on Teenagers’ Food Consumption: An Analysis Using the Family Life, Activity, Sun, Health, and Eating (FLASHE) Survey” (J Nutr Educ Behav. 2018;50:1005-1014; https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2018.07.005 ). There was an error in the abstract and “negatively” was used when it should have read “positively.” The first sentence of the results section should read “After controlling for teenagers’ self-efficacy, perceived parental control was not significantly associated with teenagers’ fruit and vegetable consumption but it was positively related to teenagers’ consumption of sugary drinks and less nutrient-dense food.” The authors regret this error.
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