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Social Cognitive Predictors Of College Students' Fruit And Vegetable Intake, Denice C. Ahlstrom
Social Cognitive Predictors Of College Students' Fruit And Vegetable Intake, Denice C. Ahlstrom
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study examined the social cognitive theory factors of home availability of fruits and vegetables, nutrition knowledge, food preparation ability, and cooking self-efficacy and the demographic factors of race/ethnicity, age, gender, marital status, living situation, and meal plan participation in relation to college students' fruit and vegetable consumption. The study sample was comprised of students attending on-campus classes at Utah State University during spring semester of 2009. Data were collected via traditional pencil-and-paper surveys distributed during classes with students in varying stages of their college education and from different fields of study. In total, 207 surveys were used for the …