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dc.contributor.authorMullan, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorXavier, Kristina
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:44:54Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:44:54Z
dc.date.created2014-02-12T20:00:36Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationMullan, Barbara and Xavier, Kristina. 2013. Predicting saturated fat consumption: Exploring the role of subjective well-being. Psychology, Health & Medicine. 18 (5): pp. 515-521.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14627
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13548506.2013.764456
dc.description.abstract

Consumption of saturated fat (SF) is associated with obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer; which are among the leading causes of death in Australia and worldwide. A causal relationship between subjective well-being and positive health outcomes has been established, although few studies have specifically focused on health-enhancing or health-risk behaviours. The aim of this research was to develop an improved understanding of the processes underlying SF consumption by exploring the relationship between subjective well-being and SF consumption, within the Theory of Planned Behaviour framework. Questionnaires related to the TPB variables, subjective well-being and SF intake were administered online to 96 participants. Perceived behavioural control (PBC) was found to be a significant predictor of intention to limit SF intake. Intention and PBC accounted for 25% of variance in behaviour; with PBC the only significant predictor of SF consumption. While subjective well-being variables were not significant unique predictors of SF consumption, these variables contributed an additional 2% to the prediction of behaviour, and this model was significant. The addition of subjective well-being to the TPB is novel and the results partially support the potential of subjective well-being in improving the prediction of this health-risk behaviour. Future research will need to replicate and extend these preliminary findings before such a framework may be translated into an intervention targeting SF consumption.

dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.subjecttheory of planned behaviour
dc.subjectsubjective well-being
dc.subjectsaturated fat consumption
dc.titlePredicting saturated fat consumption: Exploring the role of subjective well-being
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume18
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage515
dcterms.source.endPage521
dcterms.source.issn1354-8506
dcterms.source.titlePsychology, Health & Medicine
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