To investigate the impact of transfer cognition on healthy dietary behaviors among Tibetan and Yi ethnic junior high school students by analyzing the pathway within the pre-intention phase of the health action process approach (HAPA), so as to provide a basis for developing the intervention of healthy dietary behavior among ethnic minority adolescents.
A questionnaire on healthy dietary behavior and general conditions was self-designed. From November 2023 to May 2024, a cross-sectional survey was conducted on 1 228 freshmen in junior high school(447 Yi and 781 Tibetan ethnic students) from Lhasa City, Xizang and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, with a stratified cluster random method. A structural equation model was constructed to analyze the relevant factors of healthy dietary behavior.
The scores for healthy dietary behavior and behavior intention, among Tibetan and Yi adolescents were (35.72±7.43) and (11.71±2.43). The analysis results of the mediation model showed that the direct path of transfer cognitions had no statistical significance on healthy dietary behavior, as well as risk perception on healthy dietary behavior intention [standard path coefficients (95%CI) were 0.07 (-0.01-0.14), 0.04 (-0.04-0.13), P>0.05]; the other direct paths were statistically significant [standard path coefficients (95%CI)=0.15-0.52 (0.04-0.61), P < 0.05]. The mediating effect of transfer cognitions on healthy dietary behavior through healthy dietary behavior intention among Tibetan and Yi junior high school students was 0.06 (95%CI=0.04-0.09), and the chain mediation effect through action self-efficacy and healthy dietary behavior intention on healthy dietary behavior was 0.06 (95%CI=0.04-0.09) (P < 0.01). All mediating effects accounted for 30.6% of the total effect.
Transfer cognitions could not directly influence healthy dietary behavior among Tibetan and Yi junior high school students, but rather exert an indirect effect through multiple pathways in the pre-intentional phase of the HAPA model. Interventions targeting dietary behavior should focus on enhancing adolescents' transfer cognitions.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |