RESEARCH PAPER
Sense of generalized self-efficacy versus dietary choices of young women engaged in fitness for recreational purposes
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Zakład Medycyny Sportowej i Żywienia Człowieka, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie
Corresponding author
Maria Gacek
Zakład Medycyny Sportowej i Żywienia Człowieka, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie, Al. Jana Pawła II 78, 31-571 Kraków
Zakład Medycyny Sportowej i Żywienia Człowieka, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie, Al. Jana Pawła II 78, 31-571 Kraków
Med Og Nauk Zdr. 2016;22(3):227-231
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Recreational physical activity and rational diet are conducive to the improvement of human health, and are determined by various factors, including the personality traits of an individual.
Objective:
The aim of the study was to analyze the relationships between the sense of generalized self-efficacy and the frequency of consumption of selected food products in a group of young women who engage in fitness for recreational purposes.
Material and Methods:
The study involved 200 young women (aged 25–35) who regularly undertake recreational physical activity in fitness clubs in the Małopolskie Voivodeship, conducted using a questionnaire designed by the author to measure the frequency of products consumption, and the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) by Schwarzer et al. The results were analyzed with the use of U Mann-Whitney test and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients in statistical package PQStat ver. 1.6.
Results:
Statistical analysis showed that an increase in the sense of generalized self-efficacy of the studied women was accompanied by an increase in the frequency of consumption of whole meal bread (p<0.01), whole-grain rice and pasta (p<0.001), legumes (p<0.05), fermented milk products (p<0.05), fish (p<0.01), seafood (p<0.05), meat (p<0.05) and vegetable juices (p<0.05). Comparison of the mean frequency of consumption of certain foodstuffs with the self-efficacy level showed that women with high self-efficacy significantly more often consumed whole meal bread (p<0.05), whole-grain rice and pasta (p<0.001), light curd cheese (p<0.01), seafood (p<0.05), olive oil (p<0.05), vegetable juices (p<0.05), sweet drinks (p<0.05)
Conclusions:
The study proved the predictive role of the sense of general self-efficacy with regard to quality aspects of diet of young, physically active women, indicating more rational dietary choices of women with higher levels of self-efficacy.
Recreational physical activity and rational diet are conducive to the improvement of human health, and are determined by various factors, including the personality traits of an individual.
Objective:
The aim of the study was to analyze the relationships between the sense of generalized self-efficacy and the frequency of consumption of selected food products in a group of young women who engage in fitness for recreational purposes.
Material and Methods:
The study involved 200 young women (aged 25–35) who regularly undertake recreational physical activity in fitness clubs in the Małopolskie Voivodeship, conducted using a questionnaire designed by the author to measure the frequency of products consumption, and the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) by Schwarzer et al. The results were analyzed with the use of U Mann-Whitney test and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients in statistical package PQStat ver. 1.6.
Results:
Statistical analysis showed that an increase in the sense of generalized self-efficacy of the studied women was accompanied by an increase in the frequency of consumption of whole meal bread (p<0.01), whole-grain rice and pasta (p<0.001), legumes (p<0.05), fermented milk products (p<0.05), fish (p<0.01), seafood (p<0.05), meat (p<0.05) and vegetable juices (p<0.05). Comparison of the mean frequency of consumption of certain foodstuffs with the self-efficacy level showed that women with high self-efficacy significantly more often consumed whole meal bread (p<0.05), whole-grain rice and pasta (p<0.001), light curd cheese (p<0.01), seafood (p<0.05), olive oil (p<0.05), vegetable juices (p<0.05), sweet drinks (p<0.05)
Conclusions:
The study proved the predictive role of the sense of general self-efficacy with regard to quality aspects of diet of young, physically active women, indicating more rational dietary choices of women with higher levels of self-efficacy.
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