Association between perceived self-efficacy related to meal management and food coping strategies among working parents with preschool children

Association of Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulation with Nutrition and Exercise Behaviors in a Community Sample of Adults

“…This finding is in concert with previous studies that addressed positive association of self-efficacy and self-regulation with fruit/vegetable eating (Amnesi, 2011;Anderson et al, 2007;Strachan & Brawley, 2009). A previous study, however, SELF-EFFICACY AND SELF-REGULATON found that higher self-efficacy was related to more frequent preparation of home-based meals and less eating outside the home, especially in fast-food restaurants (Morin, Demers, Turcotte, & Mongeau, 2013). The difference may be explained by the fact that the previous study was focused on working adults with small children.…”

Domestic cooking and food skills: A review

“…Psychometric properties of the CS and FS measures were reported in five of the 11 crosssectional studies (2,3,6,8,11) with varying levels of detail on face, content and discriminant validity, internal reliability, and temporal stability (i.e., test-retest reliability). Four of the intervention studies did not explicitly report measurement development work relating to the CS and FS measurement scales (14,17,18,20); three reported limited psychometric data (typically relating only to the internal reliability of scales, i.e., Cronbach's alpha values) (12,16,21); and, four reported extensive psychometric evaluations covering multiple aspects of both reliability and validity (13,15,19,22), though (13) and (15) were publications specifically outlining the development of scales relating to CS and FS.…”

“…Three cross-sectional studies (7,8,9) with smaller sample sizes (153, 417 and 80 participants respectively) focused on specific target groups such as: low-income, food insecure mothers; mothers of pre-school aged children; and, older and younger women respectively. One survey conducted in an Australian sample also focused exclusively on women (10), and two further studies targeted the person 'mainly responsible for buying and cooking food', resulting in more 12 women than men respondents (4,5).…”

“…Diet estimated from dietary recalls and recipe forms. Morin et al (2013) 8 To assess the associations between meal management self-efficacy (confidence) and food Self-efficacy related to meal management: (0)(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)0= coping strategies (away from home or homebased) amongst parents with young children. A cross-sectional survey was administered to a convenience sample of 417 parents who worked with at least one child aged 2-5 years in Quebec (French-speaking Canada).…”

“…One cross-sectional study was reported as being informed by social cognitive theory (SCT) and included measures of self-efficacy for meal management and coping strategies (either awayfrom-home or home-based strategies) (8) (12,14,15,16,22). The qualitative articles examining CS and FS do not note the use of a theoretical framework in their research however, one article cites that several theories were reviewed prior to data collection yet none provided a suitable fit for understanding the acquisition of CS and FS (23).…”