TY - JOUR
AU - A., Sica, Domenic
AB - Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/abm/article/24/4/310/4630314 by DeepDyve user on 07 November 2020 Motivational Versus Social Cognitive Interventions for Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Physical Activity in African American Adolescents Dawn K. Wilson, Ph.D. Norman J. Arnold School of Public Health Ronald Friend, Ph.D. State University of New York at Stony Brook Nicole Teasley, B.S. and Sabra Green, M.S. Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University Irvine Lee Reaves, F.L.M.I. Team-Up Richmond Richmond, Virginia Domenic A. Sica, M.D. Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University INTRODUCTION ABSTRACT Hypertension affects approximately 43 million people na Strategic self-presentation (motivational intervention [MI]) - is a theoretical approach that is distinct from social cognitive the- tionwide (1), and African American children are 1.5 times as ory (SCT). Specifically, strategic self-presentation involves in- likely to develop essential hypertension and cardiovascular dis- creasing motivation by creating cognitive dissonance and induc- ease (CVD) complications in early adulthood as compared with ing shifts in self-concept by generating positive coping strategies White youth (2). Increasing evidence indicates health behaviors, during a videotaped session. Fifty-three healthy African Ameri- such as diet modification and physical activity, may strongly can adolescents were randomized to a SCT + MI, SCT-only, or an influence the development and 
TI - Motivational versus social cognitive interventions for promoting fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity in African American Adolescents
JF - Annals of Behavioral Medicine
DO - 10.1207/S15324796ABM2404_07
DA - 2002-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/motivational-versus-social-cognitive-interventions-for-promoting-fruit-ogs79sRGZL
SP - 310
EP - 319
VL - 24
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -