TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer Networks and Intention to Consume Unhealthy Food: The Association Through Cognitive Mediators in Peruvian Adolescents
T2 - The Association Through Cognitive Mediators in Peruvian Adolescents
AU - Ruiz-Dodobara, Fernando
AU - Busse, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2019.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - This cross-sectional study examined the mediating role of three reasoned action approach (RAA) constructs—attitudes, perceived social pressure, and perceived behavioral control—on the relationship between peer networks and intention to consume unhealthy food. The authors examined self-reported data of a sample of 277 adolescents from public and private schools in Lima, Peru. Results revealed a total mediating effect of the reasoned action constructs; yet attitudes and perceived behavioral control, but not perceived social pressure (injunctive and descriptive norms), mediated the relationship between peer network and intention to consume unhealthy food. Explanations for these results are discussed in light of social cognitive theory and Ajzen and Fishbein’s postulates about specific attitudes. Finally, we discuss how school nurses can take advantage of RAA variables to influence food environments, use peer networks for reducing unhealthy food consumption, and organize workshops to inform parents about the mechanisms that promote junk food intake.
AB - This cross-sectional study examined the mediating role of three reasoned action approach (RAA) constructs—attitudes, perceived social pressure, and perceived behavioral control—on the relationship between peer networks and intention to consume unhealthy food. The authors examined self-reported data of a sample of 277 adolescents from public and private schools in Lima, Peru. Results revealed a total mediating effect of the reasoned action constructs; yet attitudes and perceived behavioral control, but not perceived social pressure (injunctive and descriptive norms), mediated the relationship between peer network and intention to consume unhealthy food. Explanations for these results are discussed in light of social cognitive theory and Ajzen and Fishbein’s postulates about specific attitudes. Finally, we discuss how school nurses can take advantage of RAA variables to influence food environments, use peer networks for reducing unhealthy food consumption, and organize workshops to inform parents about the mechanisms that promote junk food intake.
KW - cognitive mediators
KW - peer networks
KW - Peru
KW - school nursing
KW - teenagers
KW - unhealthy food
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12724/8307
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064015896&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1059840519839118
DO - 10.1177/1059840519839118
M3 - Artículo (Contribución a Revista)
AN - SCOPUS:85064015896
SN - 1059-8405
VL - 36
SP - 376
EP - 385
JO - Journal of School Nursing
JF - Journal of School Nursing
IS - 5
ER -