School of Applied Psychology and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus, 176 Messines Ridge Road, Mt Gravatt, Queensland, QLD, 4122, Australia.
SHARPP Lab, Psychological Sciences and Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California, Merced, 5200 N. Lake Road, Merced, CA, 95343, USA; Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, P.O.Box 35, Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Finland.
Appetite. 2020 Jul 1;150:104668. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2020.104668. Epub 2020 Mar 14.
Excess intake of 'free sugars' is a key predictor of chronic disease, obesity, and dental ill health. Given the importance of determining modifiable predictors of free sugar-related dietary behaviors, we applied the integrated behavior change model to predict free sugar limiting behaviors. The model includes constructs representing 'reasoned' or deliberative processes that lead to action (e.g., social cognition constructs, intentions), and constructs representing 'non-conscious' or implicit processes (e.g., implicit attitudes, behavioral automaticity) as predictors of behavior. Undergraduate students (N = 205) completed measures of autonomous and controlled motivation, the theory of planned behavior (TPB) measures of explicit attitude, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control (PBC), and intentions, past behavior, implicit attitude, and behavioral automaticity at an initial point in time, and free sugar limiting behavior and behavioral automaticity two weeks later. A Bayesian structural equation model indicated that explicit attitude, subjective norms, and PBC predicted behavior via intention. Autonomous motivation predicted behavior indirectly through all TPB variables, while controlled motivation predicted behavior only via subjective norms. Implicit attitudes and behavioral automaticity predicted behavior directly and independently. Past behavior predicted behavior directly and indirectly through behavioral automaticity and intentions, but not implicit attitudes. Current findings suggest pervasive effects of constructs representing both reasoned and non-conscious processes and signpost potential targets for behavioral interventions aimed at minimizing free sugar consumption.
过量摄入“游离糖”是慢性病、肥胖和口腔健康不良的一个主要预测因素。鉴于确定游离糖相关饮食行为的可改变预测因素的重要性,我们应用综合行为改变模型来预测限制游离糖摄入的行为。该模型包括代表导致行动的“理性”或深思熟虑过程的结构(例如,社会认知结构、意图),以及代表“非意识”或内隐过程的结构(例如,内隐态度、行为自动性),作为行为的预测指标。本科生(N=205)在初始时间点完成了自主和受控动机、计划行为理论(TPB)的明确态度、主观规范、感知行为控制(PBC)和意图的测量,以及过去的行为、内隐态度和行为自动性,两周后测量了游离糖限制行为和行为自动性。贝叶斯结构方程模型表明,明确的态度、主观规范和 PBC 通过意图预测行为。自主动机通过所有 TPB 变量间接预测行为,而受控动机仅通过主观规范预测行为。内隐态度和行为自动性直接独立地预测行为。过去的行为直接和间接地通过行为自动性和意图预测行为,但不能通过内隐态度预测。目前的研究结果表明,代表理性和非意识过程的结构具有普遍影响,并为旨在最大限度减少游离糖摄入的行为干预指明了潜在目标。
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