THE HEALTHY EATING GOAL-SETTING AND THE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING SCALES FOR MEASURING SELF-REGULATION FOR HEALTHY EATING

Authors

  • Truls Østbye Truls Østbye Department of Community and Family Medicine Box 104006, Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710, USA Telephone: (919) 660-0331
  • Marissa Stroo Office of Clinical Research, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • Kayla Stankevitz Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
  • Rahul Malhotra Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore
  • Rebecca Brouwer Duke Office of Research Innovation, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21171/ges.v12i31.2319

Keywords:

Self-regulation, health eating, measure development, validation

Abstract

Objectives: Healthy eating is a central target in many obesity interventions. Self-regulation is supported by theory and research as a key factor in behavior change. While a measure of self-regulation for physical activity has been developed, no such measure exists to quantify self-regulation for healthy eating. The aim of this research was to develop and validate two scales, one for Goal-setting (HEGS), and one for Planning and Scheduling (HEPS), for measuring self-regulation for healthy eating.

Methods: The scales were modeled after similar scales for self-regulation of physical activity and administered to 550 participants with obesity in a workplace weight management program at two timepoints. Principal component analysis (PCA) and correlations were used to investigate structural and criterion-related validity respectively.

Results: PCA indicated that HEGS contained one single factor corresponding to goal-setting, and HEPS two factors relating to planning. All displayed good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha coefficient>0.7). The scales demonstrated strong criterion-related validity, evidenced by significant association with antecedents and consequences of self-regulation.

Conclusions: The scales for measuring self-regulation for healthy eating showed good internal consistency, structural validity, and criterion-related validity. They can be used to assess self-regulation in interventions, and to investigate interaction between self-regulation and healthy eating behavior change.

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Published

2018-04-11

How to Cite

Østbye, T., Stroo, M., Stankevitz, K., Malhotra, R., & Brouwer, R. (2018). THE HEALTHY EATING GOAL-SETTING AND THE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING SCALES FOR MEASURING SELF-REGULATION FOR HEALTHY EATING. Management & Society Electronic Journal, 12(32), 2359–2373. https://doi.org/10.21171/ges.v12i31.2319

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 32 (2018): May/August 2018

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