Specific psychological variables predict quality of diet in women of lower, but not higher, educational attainment

Appetite

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-52

  Lawrence, Wendy ^a   Schlotz, Wolff ^b   Crozier, Sarah ^a   Skinner, Timothy C ^c   Haslam, Cheryl ^d   Robinson, Sian ^a   Inskip, Hazel ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Barker, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Disadvantage; Educational attainment; Perceived control; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PLEASURE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649786421     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Anderson A.S. Dietary interventins in low-income women-issues for UK policy. Nutrition Bulletin 2007, 32:15-20.
2. Baird J., Cooper C., Margetts B.M., Barker M., Inskip H. Changing health behaviour of young women from disadvantaged backgrounds. Evidence from systematic reviews. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2009, 68:195-204.
3. Ball K., Crawford D., Mishra G. Socio-economic inequalities in women's fruit and vegetable intakes. A multilevel study of individual, social and environmental mediators. Public Health Nutrition 2006, 9:623-630.
4. Barker D.J.P. Fetal origins of coronary heart disease. British Medical Journal 1995, 311:171-174.
5. Barker M., Lawrence W., Skinner T.C., Haslam C., Robinson S.M., Barker D.J.P., et al. Constraints on the food choices of women with lower educational attainment. Public Health Nutrition 2008, 11:1229-1237.
6. Barker M., Lawrence W., Woadden J., Crozier S., Skinner T.C. Women of lower educational attainment have lower food involvement and eat less fruit and vegetables. Appetite 2008, 50:2-3.
7. Barker M., Lawrence W., Crozier S., Robinson S., Baird J., Margetts B., et al. Educational attainment, perceived control and the quality of women's diets. Appetite 2009, 52:631-636.
8. Bell R., Marshall D.W. The construct of food involvement in behavioral research. Scale development and validation. Appetite 2003, 40:235-244.
9. Belsky J., Melhuish E., Barnes J., Leyland A.H., Romaniuk H., The National Evaluation of Sure Start Research Team Early effects of Sure Start local programmes on children and families. Early findings from a quasi-experimental, cross-sectional study. British Medical Journal 2006, 332:1476.
10. Bihan H., Castetbon K., Mejean C., Peneau S., Pelabon L., Jellouli F., et al. Sociodemographic factors and attitudes toward food affordability and health are associated with fruit and vegetable consumption in a low-income French population. Journal of Nutrition 2010, 140:830.
11. Blumberg S.J., Bialostosky K., Hamilton W.L., Briefel R.R. The effectiveness of a short form of the household food security scale. American Journal of Public Health 1999, 89:1231-1234.
12. Bobak M., Pikhart H., Rose R., Hertzman C., Marmot M. Socioeconomic factors, material inequalities, and perceived control in self-rated health. Cross-sectional data from seven post-communist countries. Social Science and Medicine 2000, 51:1343-1350.
13. Cleland V., Ball K., Salmon J., Timperio A., Crawford D.A. Personal, social and environmental correlates of resilience to physical inactivity among women from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Health Education Research 2010, 25:268-281.
14. Crozier S.R., Inskip H.M., Barker M.E., Lawrence W.T., Cooper C., Robinson S.M. Development of a 20-item food frequency questionnaire to assess a 'prudent' dietary pattern among young women in Southampton. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2010, 64:99-104.
15. Cummins S., McKay L., Macintyre S. McDonald's restaurants and neighbourhood deprivation in Scotland and England. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2005, 29:308-310.
16. Han T.S., Gates E., Truscott E., Lean M.E.J. Clothing size as an indicator of adiposity, ischaemic heart disease and cardiovascular risks. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 2005, 18:423-430.
17. Hart A, Tinker L., Bowen D.J., Longton G., Beresford S.A.A. Correlates of fat intake behaviours in participants in the Eating for a Healthy Life study. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2006, 106:1605-1613.
18. Hu L., Bentler P.M. Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis. Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modelling 1999, 6:1-55.
19. Jerusalem M., Schwarzer R. The general self-efficacy scale. Genetics, Selection, Evolution 1979.
20. Kamphuis M.H., Giskes K., de Bruijn G.-J., Wendel-Vos W., Brug J., van Lenthe F.J. Environmental determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among adults. A systematic review. British Journal of Nutrition 2006, 96:620-635.
21. Lachman M.E., Weaver S.L. The sense of control as a moderator of social class differences in health and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1998, 74:763-773.
22. Lawrence W., Skinner T.C., Haslam C., Robinson S., Inskip H.M., Barker D.J.P., et al. Why women of lower educational attainment struggle to make healthier food choices. The importance of psychological and social factors. Psychology and Health 2009, 24:1003-1020.
23. Leganger A., Kraft P. Control constructs. Do they mediate the relation between educational attainment and health behaviour?. Journal of Health Psychology 2003, 8:361-372.
24. Marmot M.G., Davey Smith G., Stansfield S., Patel C., North F., Head J., et al. Health inequalities among British civil servants. The Whitehall II study. The Lancet 1991, 337:1387-1393.
25. McKean Skaff M., Mullan J.T., Fisher L., Chesla C.A. A contextual model of control beliefs, behaviour and health. Latino and European Americans with Type 2 diabetes. Psychology and Health 2003, 18:295-312.
26. Renner B., Kwon S., Yang B.H., Paik K.C., Kim S.H., Roh S., et al. Social-cognitive predictors of dietary behaviors in South Korean men and women. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2008, 15:4-13.
27. Robinson S.M., Crozier S.R., Borland S.E., Hammond J., Barker D.J.P., Inskip H.M. Impact of educational attainment on the quality of young women's diets. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2004, 58:1174-1180.
28. Roos G., Johansson L., Kasmel A., Klumbiene J., Prättälä R. Disparities in vegetable and fruit consumption. European cases from the north to the south. Public Health Nutrition 2000, 4:35-43.
29. Rose D. Economic determinants and dietary consequences of food insecurity in the United States. Journal of Nutrition 1999, 129:517S-520S.
30. Ross C.E., Wu C. The links between education and health. American Sociological Review 1995, 60:719-745.
31. Steptoe A., Perkins-Porras L., McKay C., Rink E., Hilton S., Cappucio F.P. Psychological factors associated with fruit and vegetable intake and with biomarkers in adults from a low-income neighborhood. Health Psychology 2003, 22:148-155.
32. Steptoe A., Perkins-Porras L., Rink E., Hilton S., Cappucio F.P. Psychological and social predictors of changes in fruit and vegetable consumption over 12 months following behavioural and nutrition education counseling. Health Psychology 2004, 23:574-581.
33. Walker J. Control and the psychology of health. Theory measurement and applications 2001, Open University Press, Buckingham. 1st ed.
34. Wrieden W.L., Anderson A.S., Longbottom P.J., Valentine K., Stead M., Caraher M., et al. The impact of a community-based food skills intervention on cooking confidence, food preparation methods and dietary choices. An exploratory trial. Public Health Nutrition 2007, 10:203-211.