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dc.contributor.authorFischera, Wanda
dc.contributor.authorvan Beusekom, Mara
dc.contributor.authorHiggs, Suzanne
dc.contributor.authorCecil, Joanne
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-17T10:30:18Z
dc.date.available2022-05-17T10:30:18Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-17
dc.identifier277180531
dc.identifier9e933a86-f657-4e78-a6d2-8b890d97e07b
dc.identifier85131528958
dc.identifier000804112300001
dc.identifier.citationFischera , W , van Beusekom , M , Higgs , S & Cecil , J 2022 , ' A social norms and identity approach to increasing fruit and vegetable intake of undergraduate students in the United Kingdom ' , Frontiers in Psychology , vol. 13 , 838394 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.838394en
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0003-4779-6037/work/113398918
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-4536-0558/work/113399089
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/25387
dc.descriptionFunding: The funding for open access was supported by the University of St Andrews.en
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated the influence of descriptive norm messages that either communicated that university students eat a sufficient amount of fruit and vegetable (F&V) or that they do not, on F&V consumption, and whether or not any effects are moderated by student identification. An online 2 (Norm: ‘Sufficient’/‘Insufficient’) x 2 (Identification: ‘Low’/‘High’) experimental design was employed. Infographics containing ‘sufficient’/‘insufficient’ F&V intake descriptive norms were presented. An identification manipulation was employed to create ‘high’/‘low’ student identifiers. F&V intake intentions were assessed after the manipulations; self-reported F&V intake was reported at 2 days post-intervention. UK undergraduate students (N=180) reported intake intentions, of which 112 (62%) completed the behavioral follow-up. Participants were predominantly white female students from Scottish universities, mean age 20.4 (±1.6) years. Baseline mean F&V consumption was high (4.5±2.8). There were no significant main effects of Norm or Identification manipulations on F&V intentions and intake. Significant norm×identification interactions were revealed for fruit intake intentions and vegetable intake at follow-up, indicating half portion differences (~40g) between groups. Ironic effects were observed for ‘high’ identifiers, who neither intended to, nor acted in accordance with group norms; ‘low’ student identifiers intended to and followed group norms, whereby the ‘sufficient’/‘low’ group intended to consume significantly more fruit portions, and consumed more vegetables than the ‘insufficient’/‘low’ group. Given the half-portion differences between groups resulting from the norm×identification interactions, future research on a larger sample of young adults with low F&V intake is warranted to further explore the conditions under which moderating effects of identification are observed and the underlying mechanisms.
dc.format.extent13
dc.format.extent2197627
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Psychologyen
dc.subjectFruit intakeen
dc.subjectSocial normen
dc.subjectDescriptive normen
dc.subjectEating normsen
dc.subjectStudent identificationen
dc.subjectIdentity strengthen
dc.subjectFruit & vegetable intakeen
dc.subjectBF Psychologyen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectMCCen
dc.subject.lccBFen
dc.titleA social norms and identity approach to increasing fruit and vegetable intake of undergraduate students in the United Kingdomen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Medicineen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Population and Behavioural Science Divisionen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Health Psychologyen
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2022.838394
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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