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Evaluation of emotion-based messages designed to motivate Hispanic and Asian parents of early adolescents to engage in calcium-rich food and beverage parenting practices
- Source :
- Nutrition Research and Practice
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Setting healthful beverage expectations, making calcium-rich foods and beverages (CRF/B) available, and role modeling are parenting practices promoting calcium intake among early adolescents. This study aimed to evaluate emotion-based messages designed to motivate parents of early adolescents to perform these practices. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Emotion-based messages were developed for each parenting practice and tested in 35 parents from 5 states. Findings were used to modify messages and develop a survey administered via Amazon MechanicalTurk to a convenience sample of Asian (n = 166) and Hispanic (n = 184) parents of children 10-13 years. Main outcome measures were message comprehension, motivation, relevance, acceptability, and novelty. Engagement in the parenting practices was also assessed. RESULTS: Message comprehension was acceptable for the majority of parents. Most also agreed that messages were motivational (setting healthful beverage expectations (69.0%), making CRF/B available (67.4%), and role modeling (80.0%)), relevant and acceptable. About 30-50% indicated they had not seen the information before. Many parents indicated they were already engaging in the practices (> 70%). No racial/ethnic differences were observed for responses to messages or engaging in parenting practices. CONCLUSIONS: Results indicate that emotion-based messages designed to motivate parents to engage in parenting practices that promote calcium intake among early adolescents were motivating, relevant, and acceptable.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
calcium
Asian
Role modeling
Novelty
Outcome measures
Ethnic group
Hispanic
Convenience sample
Developmental psychology
Comprehension
03 medical and health sciences
early adolescent
Emotion-based message
Early adolescents
Relevance (information retrieval)
Psychology
Food Science
Original Research
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19761457
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrition research and practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....315bfb437c6ac4f97096b90e072a0903