Children's self-efficacy and proxy efficacy for after-school physical activity

Dzewaltowski, David A.; Geller, Karly S.; Rosenkranz, Richard R.; Karteroliotis, Konstantinos

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2009.08.001

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“…Under the same name "after-school program" there are programs that differ notably in timing, aims, target population, staff qualifications, supplier and neighborhood characteristics (Beets, Beighle, Erwin & Huberty, 2009;Dzewaltowski, Geller, Rosenkranz & Karteroliotis, 2010;Eble et al, 2010;Engels, Gretebeck, Gretebeck & Jiménez, 2005;Gottfredson, Cross & Soulé, 2007;Gottfredson, Gerstenblith, Soulé, Womer & Lu, 2004;Gottfredson et al, 2005;Grolnick, Farkas, Sohmer, Michaels & Valsiner, 2007;He, Linden & MacLeod, 2009;Tebes et al, 2007).…”

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Parents’ aspirations and commitment with education. Lessons from a randomized control trial in a shantytown

Bernatzky

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2018

Studies in Educational Evaluation

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This paper documents the impact of an after-school program called Apoyo Escolar, sited in one of the most vulnerable neighborhoods of a developing country, Uruguay. The outcomes of interest are academic achievement, behavior at school and grade retention. By a field experiment, we explore the interaction effects of being randomly assigned to an after-school program with an indicator of parent commitment-an unaddressed question in previous literature. We found novel results that should guide policy design. Increasing time spent in safe settings does not guarantee academic success: the after-school program is effective in PARENTS' ASPIRATIONS AND COMMITMENT WITH EDUCATION. LESSONS FROM A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL IN A SHANTYTOWN improving academic performance when children have committed parents. And students' performance at school is highly correlated with parents' educational expectations. Thus, the interaction between hope, family and after-school for disadvantaged children deserves more attention in policy design.

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Parents’ aspirations and commitment with education. Lessons from a randomized control trial in a shantytown

Bernatzky

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2018

Studies in Educational Evaluation

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“…Self-efficacy refers to the confidence in one's ability to perform a desired behaviour in different situations ( Bandura, 1986 ). Previous studies suggest that self-efficacy can be assessed in primary school children in relation to consumption of fruit and vegetables ( Cullen et al, 2003 ; Tuuri et al, 2009 ) and for physical activity and food choice ( Dzewaltowski, Geller, Rosenkranz, & Karteroliotis, 2010 ). Children with higher self-efficacy are predicted to be more motivated to change, to put more effort into their attempts to change and to have a better chance of succeeding.…”

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Goal-setting and volitional behavioural change: Results from a school meals intervention with vitamin-A biofortified sweetpotato in Nigeria

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Okello

Adekambi³

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Malnutrition, particularly vitamin A deficiency, is a major public health problem in many developing countries. This study investigated whether priming or self-generation of goals, or whether attention to instrumental or experiential goals together with use of a reminder condition or not, promotes dietary behaviour intentions and change. A set of 556 randomly selected children aged 7–12 in Osun state, Nigeria, participated in an four-week intervention and field experiment in which a meal based on orange-fleshed sweetpotato, rich in pro-vitamin A, was introduced on five occasions as a complement to the existing school meal. Baseline intentions, anticipated feelings and repeated measures of post-consumption and experience were assessed. The analyses included a generalised linear mixed model for consumption and a linear mixed model for feelings and experience. The results confirmed that attention to instrumental goals undermines goal pursuit, while a focus on experiential goals increases the persistence of pursuit. Priming of experiential goals should be recommended, especially because this approach evokes positive feelings after eating. There was no evidence of an effect from repeated pairing of goals with the school meal, but use of planning by stating intentions increased the amount eaten. These results have implications for how school meals programmes should be designed to better align personal motivation with behavioural change in relation to dietary health.

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“…The PedsQL has been shown to be reliable and valid in the core quality of life areas (physical, emotional, social, school) for a pediatric population, and it is appropriate for use in clinical trials [33]. Additional self-report instruments will be used to assess participant (child) self-efficacy [34] and enjoyment [35] for physical activity and will be modified additionally to assess these constructs for fruit and vegetable consumption. Should questions or difficulties arise when girls are completing the questionnaires, research staff will provide clarification and assistance as needed.…”

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Wildcat wellness coaching feasibility trial: protocol for home-based health behavior mentoring in girls

Cull

Rosenkranz

Dzewaltowski

et al. 2016

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BackgroundChildhood obesity is a major public health problem, with one third of America’s children classified as either overweight or obese. Obesity prevention and health promotion programs using components such as wellness coaching and home-based interventions have shown promise, but there is a lack of published research evaluating the impact of a combined home-based and wellness coaching intervention for obesity prevention and health promotion in young girls. The main objective of this study is to test the feasibility of such an intervention on metrics related to recruitment, intervention delivery, and health-related outcome assessments. The secondary outcome is to evaluate the possibility of change in health-related psychosocial, behavioral, and biomedical outcomes in our sample of participants.Methods/designForty girls who are overweight or obese (aged 8–13 years) will be recruited from a Midwestern college town. Participants will be recruited through posted flyers, newspaper advertisements, email, and social media. The volunteer convenience sample of girls will be randomized to one of two home-based wellness coaching interventions: a general health education condition or a healthy eating physical activity skills condition. Trained female wellness coaches will conduct weekly hour-long home visits for 12 consecutive weeks. Assessments will occur at baseline, post-intervention (3 months after baseline), and follow-up (6 months after baseline) and will include height, weight, waist circumference, body composition, pulmonary function, blood pressure, systemic inflammation, physical activity (Actical accelerometer), and self-reported survey measures (relevant to fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, and quality of life).DiscussionThis study will evaluate the feasibility of home-based wellness coaching interventions for overweight and obese girls and secondarily assess the preliminary impact on health-related psychosocial, behavioral, and biomedical outcomes. Results will provide information regarding the feasibility of this new model for use in girls as an approach to reduce the burden of overweight and obesity toward the prevention of chronic disease.Trial registration NCT01845480 Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40814-016-0066-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Children's self-efficacy and proxy efficacy for after-school physical activity

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

Parents’ aspirations and commitment with education. Lessons from a randomized control trial in a shantytown

Parents’ aspirations and commitment with education. Lessons from a randomized control trial in a shantytown

Goal-setting and volitional behavioural change: Results from a school meals intervention with vitamin-A biofortified sweetpotato in Nigeria

Wildcat wellness coaching feasibility trial: protocol for home-based health behavior mentoring in girls

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