Personal, proxy, and collective food agency among early adolescents

Early adolescence is a critical time for health behavior development because agency increases during the transition from childhood to adolescence. This qualitative study sought to identify how early adolescent participants described food-related agency. One-on-one interviews were conducted with 30 e...

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Published inAppetite Vol. 166; p. 105435
Main Authors Green, Erin M., Gaines, Alisha, Hill, Tisa F., Dollahite, Jamie S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2021
Subjects
Adolescence
Adolescent health
Agency
Collective agency
Consumption
Cooking
Food choice
Grocery shopping
Nutrition
Proxy agency
Qualitative research
Qualitative research
Adolescent health
Consumption
Adolescence
Collective agency
Grocery shopping
Agency
Cooking
Nutrition
Food choice
Proxy agency
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Summary:Early adolescence is a critical time for health behavior development because agency increases during the transition from childhood to adolescence. This qualitative study sought to identify how early adolescent participants described food-related agency. One-on-one interviews were conducted with 30 early adolescents (10–13 years). Data analysis was guided by Bandura's three modes of agency: personal, proxy, and collective. Results suggest participants' food behaviors were informed by a growing knowledge about nutrition, household food rules, and school food environments. Participants described different modes of agency in four areas – grocery shopping, cooking, consumption decisions, and nutrition information seeking – with varying degrees of agency in each area. Understanding how each of the three modes operate and the interplay between them can information future research aimed at improving the nutrition behaviors of early adolescents.
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ISSN:0195-6663
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DOI:10.1016/j.appet.2021.105435