Weight Gain Prevention for College Freshmen: Comparing Two Social Cognitive Theory-Based Interventions with and without Explicit Self-Regulation Training

Table 3

Social cognitive determinants of eating and physical activity behaviors in college freshmen before and after a 14-week weight gain prevention study: social cognitive theory with (SCTSR) and without (SCT) explicit self-regulation training^a.

	SCTSR (𝑛=18)		SCT (𝑛=21)		𝑃 value, time × group
	Baseline	Week 14	Baseline	Week 14
Dietary strategies
Regulating energy and fat^b	2.2 + 0.2	2.9 + 0.2	2.6 + 0.2	3.2 + 0.2	0.67
Planning and tracking^b	2.3 + 0.2	2.9 + 0.2	2.5 + 0.2	3.1 + 0.2	0.89
Regulating fruit and vegetables	3.6 + 0.2	3.7 + 0.2	3.7 + 0.2	3.9 + 0.1	0.85
Dietary Self-regulatory efficacy
Keeping track	73.6 + 4.9	71.0 + 5.0	71.9 + 4.5	72.1 + 4.7	0.60
Fruit and vegetables	66.4 + 4.4	66.1 + 5.0	72.0 + 4.0	74.7 + 4.7	0.56
Dietary outcome expectations
Positive^b	3.9 + 0.1	4.4 + 0.2	4.3 + 0.1	4.6 + 0.1	0.65
Negative	2.4 + 0.2	2.5 + 0.2	2.6 + 0.2	2.6 + 0.2	0.37
Physical activity (PA)
Self-regulation	3.2 + 0.2	3.2 + 0.2	3.3 + 0.2	3.6 + 0.2	0.42
Self-efficacy to integrate PA into daily routine	73.3 + 4.1	75.0 + 3.8	78.7 + 3.8	80.7 + 3.5	0.96
PA barriers self efficacy	59.8 + 5.1	60.2 + 4.5	67.9 + 4.7	73.4 + 4.2	0.43
PA outcome expectations
Positive^bc	4.0 + 0.1	4.1 + 0.1	4.3 + 0.1	4.5 + 0.1	0.32
Negative	2.2 + 0.1	2.2 + 0.1	2.1 + 0.1	2.0 + 0.1	0.81

^aData are presented as mean + SEM.
^bMain effect of time, 𝑃<0.10.
^cGroup difference at baseline, 𝑃<0.10.