Predictors of Intention to Eat 2.5 Cups of Vegetables among Ninth-grade Students Attending Public High Schools in Eastern North Carolina

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 392-398

  Pawlak, Roman ^a   Malinauskas, Brenda ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

students; Theory of Planned Behavior; vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 54849427256     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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