TY - JOUR
T1 - Family members' influence on family meal vegetable choices
AU - Wenrich, Tionni R.
AU - Brown, J. Lynne
AU - Miller-Day, Michelle
AU - Kelley, Kevin J.
AU - Lengerich, Eugene J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a Children Youth and Families Seed Grant ( 5/05-6/30/06 ), a Pennsylvania State University Outreach Grant ( 2/06-1/31/07 ), and the National Cancer Institute ( U01 CA114622 : The Appalachia Community Cancer Network: May 1, 2005-April 30, 2010). Data from this article were taken from the first author's dissertation.
PY - 2010/7
Y1 - 2010/7
N2 - Objective: Characterize the process of family vegetable selection (especially cruciferous, deep orange, and dark green leafy vegetables); demonstrate the usefulness of Exchange Theory (how family norms and experiences interact with rewards and costs) for interpreting the data. Design: Eight focus groups, 2 with each segment (men/women vegetable likers/dislikers based on a screening form). Participants completed a vegetable intake form. Setting: Rural Appalachian Pennsylvania. Participants: Sixty-one low-income, married/cohabiting men (n = 28) and women (n = 33). Analysis: Thematic analysis within Exchange Theory framework for qualitative data. Descriptive analysis, t tests and chi-square tests for quantitative data. Results: Exchange Theory proved useful for understanding that regardless of sex or vegetable liker/disliker status, meal preparers see more costs than rewards to serving vegetables. Experience plus expectations of food preparer role and of deference to family member preferences supported a family norm of serving only vegetables acceptable to everyone. Emphasized vegetables are largely ignored because of unfamiliarity; family norms prevented experimentation and learning through exposure. Conclusions and Implications: Interventions to increase vegetable consumption of this audience could (1) alter family norms about vegetables served, (2) change perceptions of experiences, (3) reduce social and personal costs of serving vegetables, and (4) increase tangible and social rewards of serving vegetables.
AB - Objective: Characterize the process of family vegetable selection (especially cruciferous, deep orange, and dark green leafy vegetables); demonstrate the usefulness of Exchange Theory (how family norms and experiences interact with rewards and costs) for interpreting the data. Design: Eight focus groups, 2 with each segment (men/women vegetable likers/dislikers based on a screening form). Participants completed a vegetable intake form. Setting: Rural Appalachian Pennsylvania. Participants: Sixty-one low-income, married/cohabiting men (n = 28) and women (n = 33). Analysis: Thematic analysis within Exchange Theory framework for qualitative data. Descriptive analysis, t tests and chi-square tests for quantitative data. Results: Exchange Theory proved useful for understanding that regardless of sex or vegetable liker/disliker status, meal preparers see more costs than rewards to serving vegetables. Experience plus expectations of food preparer role and of deference to family member preferences supported a family norm of serving only vegetables acceptable to everyone. Emphasized vegetables are largely ignored because of unfamiliarity; family norms prevented experimentation and learning through exposure. Conclusions and Implications: Interventions to increase vegetable consumption of this audience could (1) alter family norms about vegetables served, (2) change perceptions of experiences, (3) reduce social and personal costs of serving vegetables, and (4) increase tangible and social rewards of serving vegetables.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.05.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.05.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 20452288
AN - SCOPUS:77956791528
SN - 1499-4046
VL - 42
SP - 225
EP - 234
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
IS - 4
ER -