Surprising Advantages of Low Self-Efficacy Revealed in a Sports Nutrition Education
To determine the influence of educational sports nutrition programs on adolescent athlete’s nutritional habits and on the general and academic self-efficacy of nutrition students who facilitated the program.
Methods
An intervention framework and a convergent mixed-methods approach were used for this study. A questionnaire to examine knowledge of sports nutrition and an eating diary were used for tracking results at 3 points in time; beginning, end of the program and 3 months follow up. Nutrition students completed questionnaires examining their general and academic self-efficacy at 4 points during the study. Participants included 49 athletes aged 13-15 (26 boys and 23 girls) and 30 nutrition students.
Results
Significant improvements were found in knowledge and nutrition behavior of athletes and in the general and academic self-efficacy of the nutrition students.
Conclusion
Participation in the intervention program led to improvements of the adolescent athletes’ nutritional knowledge and behavior. Implementation of the program in the framework of an academic nutrition studies course improved the general and academic self-efficacy of the nutrition students. Use of the RRA approach transformed the students from passive learners to active teachers.
Keywords: academic self-efficacy; nutrition behavior; change agents; role reversal approach (RRA); self-efficacy; sports nutrition education
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 July 2018
The American Journal of Health Behavior seeks to improve the quality of life through multidisciplinary health efforts in fostering a better understanding of the multidimensional nature of both individuals and social systems as they relate to health behaviors.
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