Michele Wilgis, Joy McConnell
Concept mapping: an educational strategy to improve graduate nurses' critical thinking skills during a hospital orientation program
Journal of continuing education in nursing
primary objective study develop validate social cognitive theorybased instrument identify psychosocial factors influence diet physical activity among chinese children aged 1012 years crosssectional study data collected questionnaires two elementary schools beijing china fourth sixthgrade students n 1486 aged 1012 years recruited gender height weight nation grade collected energybalanced eating behaviors related sociopsychological factors surveyed confirmatory factor analysis pearson correlations cronbach index mediation analysis used 1 confirmatory factor analysis revealed 6factor solution 51 items factor loadings 032 indicating model fitness acceptable 2 correlation coefficients statistically significant cronbach indexes 065 indicating acceptable reliability 3 mediating effect goal intention outcome expectations selfefficacy habit strength statistically significant p 001 verifying theory structure questionnaire exhibits good internal consistency reliability structural validity effectively employed investigate energybalanced eating behaviors related social cognitive theory chinese children