Journal article
The Role of Parents' Critical Thinking About Media in Shaping Expectancies, Efficacy and Nutrition Behaviors for Families
Health communication, Vol.30(12), pp.1256-1268
12/02/2015
PMID: 25616579
Abstract
A convenience survey completed online by 137 4-H parents in Washington state explored their orientation toward critical thinking regarding media sources and content and its implications for family dietary behaviors. Parents' critical thinking toward media sources predicted their information efficacy about content. Critical thinking toward media content predicted information efficacy about sources, expectancies for parental mediation, and expectancies for family receptiveness to lower-fat dietary changes. Expectancies for receptiveness to dietary changes and expectancies for parental mediation predicted efficacy for implementing healthy dietary practices; this strongly predicted healthy dietary practices. Media-related critical thinking, therefore, indirectly but consistently affected self-reported family dietary behaviors through its effects on efficacy for managing media and expectancies for the family's receptiveness to healthy dietary changes. The results suggest parents' media literacy skills affect their family's dietary behavior. Health campaigns that help parents interpret and manage the media environment may benefit all family members.
Metrics
1 Record Views
Details
- Title
- The Role of Parents' Critical Thinking About Media in Shaping Expectancies, Efficacy and Nutrition Behaviors for Families
- Creators
- Erica Weintraub Austin - Washington State University, Strategic Communication, Department ofBruce E. Pinkleton - Washington State University, Edward R. Murrow College of CommunicationMarie Louise Radanielina-Hita - Université du Québec à MontréalWeina Ran - Univ Wisconsin La Crosse, Dept Management, La Crosse, WI USA
- Publication Details
- Health communication, Vol.30(12), pp.1256-1268
- Academic Unit
- Strategic Communication, Department of
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 13
- Identifiers
- 99901130240601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article