%0 Journal Article
%A Villaecija, Joaquin
%A Luque, Barbara
%A Martinez, Sandra
%A Castillo-Mayen, Rosario
%A Cuadrado, Esther
%A Dominguez-Escribano, Marta
%A Tabernero, Carmen
%T Perceived social support and healthy eating self efficacy on the well-being of children and adolescents
%D 2022
%@ 2171-2069
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21782
%X Background: Unhealthy eating habits in children and adolescents and low personal judgment of efficacy in maintaining healthy eating behaviors have negative repercussions for health. These negative effects can have a differential affectation associated with psychosocial factors. Objectives/Method: The objectives were: to validate the Weight Efficacy Lifestyle (WEL) Questionnaire for Spanish children and adolescents; to analyze the relationship between well-being, socioeconomic level, body mass index, age, academic distress, social support for healthy and unhealthy eating, and self-efficacy; and to develop an explanatory model of well-being in children and adolescents based on their eating behaviors and other psychosocial behaviors. Results: Data were obtained from 299 children and adolescents (58.5% girls) aged from 9 to 18 years old (M-age = 12.92 years, SD = 2.74). Preliminary analysis showed adequate psychometric properties and results showed that perceived well-being was associated with lower academic distress and parent and peer social support for unhealthy eating, and with a better eating self-efficacy, parent support for healthy eating, and general weight management self-efficacy. Conclusions: Therefore, fostering confidence in children and adolescents about their weight management self-efficacy judgments may influence well-being, reduce body mass index, and prevent overweight and obesity.
%K Weight
%K Body mass index
%K Academic distress
%K Parent support
%K Peer support
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