Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2011;59(6):531-8. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2010.523855.
The goal of this study was to identify factors that college students perceived as contributing to healthy and unhealthy eating patterns, physical activity (PA) levels, and weight change.
Forty-nine 18- to 22-year-old students at a midwestern university participated.
Six focus groups (3 with each gender) were conducted, and data were analyzed using qualitative software to code and categorize themes and then reduce these to clusters according to commonly practiced methods of qualitative analysis.
Eating and PA behaviors appear to be determined by a complex interplay between motivations and self-regulatory skills as well as the unique social and physical environment comprising college life. Moreover, there appear to be gender differences in how these determinants impact behavior.
Future research should examine these interactions in the college context in order to further our understanding of potential interventions or environmental modifications that support healthy eating and PA.
本研究旨在确定大学生认为哪些因素有助于健康和不健康的饮食模式、身体活动（PA）水平和体重变化。
中西部大学的 49 名 18 至 22 岁的学生参与了研究。
进行了六组焦点小组（每组男女各 3 名），并使用定性软件对数据进行分析，对主题进行编码和分类，然后根据定性分析的常用方法将这些主题归为聚类。
饮食和 PA 行为似乎是由动机和自我调节技能之间的复杂相互作用以及构成大学生活的独特社会和物理环境决定的。此外，这些决定因素对行为的影响似乎存在性别差异。
未来的研究应该在大学环境中研究这些相互作用，以进一步了解支持健康饮食和 PA 的潜在干预措施或环境改变。
