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dc.contributor.authorPsouni, Stavroula
dc.contributor.authorHassandra, Mary
dc.contributor.authorTheodorakis, Yannis
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-10T05:46:31Z
dc.date.available2016-05-10T05:46:31Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationPsouni, S., Hassandra, M., & Theodorakis, Y. (2016). Exercise and Healthy Eating Intentions and Behaviors among Normal Weight and Overweight/Obese Adults. <i>Psychology</i>, <i>7</i>(4), 598-611. <a href="https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2016.74062" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2016.74062</a>
dc.identifier.otherCONVID_25698906
dc.identifier.otherTUTKAID_69993
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/49682
dc.description.abstractStrong evidence suggests that exercise and eating behaviours are strongly linked. Theory of Planned Behaviour is a theoretical framework that has been successfully used to explain and predict both behaviours. The aim of the present study is to explore the constructs of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) that better predicts exercise and healthy eating: a) intentions and b) selfreported behaviors among normal weight and overweight/obese adults. Participants were 361 adults in Greece (women: N = 152). According to their BMI scores, they have been grouped into normal weight and overweight/obese. Data were collected with an online questionnaire assessing variables of the theory of planned behavior (TPB) toward exercise and healthy eating intentions and behaviors. Correlations between the variables of TPB and behaviors (healthy eating and exercise) were higher in the normal weight group than in the overweight/obese group. The strongest predictor of intention to exercise was perceived behavioral control for both groups with the overweight/obese group showing higher values in comparison to normal weight group values. The same associations emerged for the prediction of intention for healthy eating behavior. The attitude was also a statistically significant predictor for both groups with higher values in normal weight group. The strongest predictor of exercise behavior was the intention, whereas for eating behavior significant predictors were attitudes, intentions and perceived behavioral control. TPB framework explained both intentions and behaviors for exercise and healthy eating of normal weight and overweight/obese adults. Initial information on which TPB constructs explain better intentions and behaviors by group implied that normal weight group has more positive exercise and healthy eating attitudes and intentions than the overweight/obese group; the behaviors of the overweight/obese group were explained better by perceived behavioral control. The above information can be used to design more effective interventions that aim to produce changes in both behaviors.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherScientific Research Publishing, Inc.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPsychology
dc.subject.othertheory of planned behavior
dc.subject.otherexercise behavior
dc.subject.otherhealthy eating behavior
dc.subject.othernormal weight
dc.titleExercise and Healthy Eating Intentions and Behaviors among Normal Weight and Overweight/Obese Adults
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201605092455
dc.contributor.laitosLiikuntakasvatuksen laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Sport Sciencesen
dc.contributor.oppiaineLiikuntapsykologiafi
dc.contributor.oppiaineSport and Exercise Psychologyen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle
dc.date.updated2016-05-09T12:15:08Z
dc.type.coarhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1
dc.description.reviewstatuspeerReviewed
dc.format.pagerange598-611
dc.relation.issn2152-7180
dc.relation.numberinseries4
dc.relation.volume7
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.copyright© 2016 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This is an open access article licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY).
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.subject.ysoylipaino
jyx.subject.urihttp://www.yso.fi/onto/yso/p826
dc.rights.urlhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.relation.doi10.4236/psych.2016.74062
dc.type.okmA1


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