Table 5 |
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| Multivariate models for the children’s outdoor play and snack intake behaviours (standardised betas) | ||||||
| Outdoor play | Snack intake | |||||
| behaviour | behaviour | |||||
| Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | |
| Step 1: Distal factors | ||||||
| Ethnicity (Turkish vs. Dutch (reference)) | -.081** | -.057* | -.068 | .092** | .049 | .032 |
| Educational level (middle vs low (reference)) | -.031 | -.014 | -.015 | -.017 | -.031 | -.026 |
| Educational level (high vs low (reference)) | -.042 | -.014 | -.014 | -.026 | -.023 | -.018 |
| Age of child | .005 | .010** | .011** | .014** | .009 | .009 |
| Perceived child weight (-2 = far too heavy, 2 = far too light) | .008 | -.007 | -.014 | .007 | .025 | -.015 |
| Belief that genetic factors cause overweight | .001 | .018 | .016 | .015 | .010 | .008 |
| Step 2: TPB factors | ||||||
| Attitude | .014 | .002 | -.082** | -.078** | ||
| Subjective norm | .001 | -.003 | .033 ** | .033* | ||
| Perceived behavioural control | .144** | .147** | -.054** | -.058** | ||
| Step 3: Interaction terms | ||||||
| Perceived child weight x attitude | .024 | .005 | ||||
| Perceived child weight x subjective norm | -.017 | -.015 | ||||
| Perceived child weight x perceived behavioural control | -.008 | .050* | ||||
| Ethnicity x attitude | .037 | -.021 | ||||
| Ethnicity x subjective norm | .022 | .000 | ||||
| Ethnicity x perceived behavioural control | -.007 | .034 | ||||
| ΔR2 | .018 | .200 | .006 | .036 | .049 | .011 |
| Full model | R2 = .224 | R2 = .096 | ||||
* p < 0.05.
** p < 0.01.
Kocken et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:867 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-867
