Adolescent Food Choice: Developing and Evaluating a Model of Parental Influence

The following research integrated the Theory of Planned Behavior with variables from the consumer socialization and parenting literatures to explore parental impact on adolescent food decision-making. Three specific types of parenting practices (expectation, monitoring, and inducement/enforcement behaviors), parenting style, and family communication style were investigated. A multi-method approach was taken to develop and test the integrated model. Study 1 used interviews to identify food-related parental expectation, monitoring, and inducement/enforcement behaviors reported by both normal and overweight parents and adolescents. Study 2 evaluated a structural model of adolescent food choice, including predictors from the Theory of Planned Behavior, the food-related parenting practices identified in the interviews, parenting style, and family communication style. The findings suggest that specific parenting practices have an impact on adolescent food choices beyond predictors from the TPB.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Business (Marketing)

Department dc:contributor.department

Business (Marketing)

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Daniloski, Kimberly M.

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Brinberg, David L.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Herr, Paul M.
• Jaccard, James J.
• Weaver, Kimberlee D.

• Theory of Planned Behavior
• parental monitoring
• consumer socialization
• adolescent obesity

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-04112011-145304

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/26783