Development and Validation of Green Eating Behaviors, Stage of Change, Decisional Balance, and Self-Efficacy Scales in College Students

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 324-333

  Weller, Kathryn E ^a   Greene, Geoffrey W ^a   Redding, Colleen A ^a   Paiva, Andrea L ^a   Lofgren, Ingrid ^a   Nash, Jessica T ^a   Kobayashi, Hisanori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Green Eating; Stages of Change; Transtheoretical Model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; EFFECT SIZE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOUND; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928582726     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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