Can social cognitive theory constructs explain socio-economic variations in adolescent eating behaviours? A mediation analysis

Health Education Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 496-506

  Ball, K ^a   MacFarlane, A ^a   Crawford, D ^a   Savige, G ^a   Andrianopoulos, N ^a   Worsley, A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DIET; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67449164868     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyn048     Document Type: Article

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