Mediterranean Diet, Psychological Adjustment and Health Perception in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Healthy and Unhealthy Food Groups

This study aims to identify the relationships between eating habits and psychological adjustment and health perception, and to analyze potential mediating role of healthy and unhealthy foods in the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) and the psychological constructs an...

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Autores principales:	Mercedes Vélez-Toral, Zaira Morales-Domínguez, María del Carmen Granado-Alcón, Diego Díaz-Milanés, Montserrat Andrés-Villas
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Mediterranean diet university students mediation health perception psychological adjustment Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d36d8d0c77904510b86c871cf747fa1c2021-11-25T18:33:52ZMediterranean Diet, Psychological Adjustment and Health Perception in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Healthy and Unhealthy Food Groups10.3390/nu131137692072-6643https://doaj.org/article/d36d8d0c77904510b86c871cf747fa1c2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/3769https://doaj.org/toc/2072-6643This study aims to identify the relationships between eating habits and psychological adjustment and health perception, and to analyze potential mediating role of healthy and unhealthy foods in the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) and the psychological constructs and health perception. The sample was selected through stratified random cluster sampling and was composed of 788 university students. The participants responded to a MedDiet adherence screener and food consumption inventory to assess the eating habits, instruments measuring self-esteem, life satisfaction, curiosity and sense of coherence to assess the psychological adjustment, and single item measuring perceived health. The results revealed 41.9% of the participants had a high consumption of vegetables and 85.1% a low consumption of energy drinks, while 29.9% showed a high adherence to the MedDiet which was positively associated to each psychological variable and healthy foods and negatively with unhealthy foods. In conclusion, a higher adherence to the MedDiet, and the consumption of fruits and vegetables is related to higher psychological adjustment and health perception. However, the relationships between MedDiet and the psychological variables and health perception were fully or partially explained because of the consumption of healthy and unhealthy foods.Mercedes Vélez-ToralZaira Morales-DomínguezMaría del Carmen Granado-AlcónDiego Díaz-MilanésMontserrat Andrés-VillasMDPI AGarticleMediterranean dietuniversity studentsmediationhealth perceptionpsychological adjustmentNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641ENNutrients, Vol 13, Iss 3769, p 3769 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Mediterranean diet university students mediation health perception psychological adjustment Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Mercedes Vélez-Toral Zaira Morales-Domínguez María del Carmen Granado-Alcón Diego Díaz-Milanés Montserrat Andrés-Villas Mediterranean Diet, Psychological Adjustment and Health Perception in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Healthy and Unhealthy Food Groups
description	This study aims to identify the relationships between eating habits and psychological adjustment and health perception, and to analyze potential mediating role of healthy and unhealthy foods in the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) and the psychological constructs and health perception. The sample was selected through stratified random cluster sampling and was composed of 788 university students. The participants responded to a MedDiet adherence screener and food consumption inventory to assess the eating habits, instruments measuring self-esteem, life satisfaction, curiosity and sense of coherence to assess the psychological adjustment, and single item measuring perceived health. The results revealed 41.9% of the participants had a high consumption of vegetables and 85.1% a low consumption of energy drinks, while 29.9% showed a high adherence to the MedDiet which was positively associated to each psychological variable and healthy foods and negatively with unhealthy foods. In conclusion, a higher adherence to the MedDiet, and the consumption of fruits and vegetables is related to higher psychological adjustment and health perception. However, the relationships between MedDiet and the psychological variables and health perception were fully or partially explained because of the consumption of healthy and unhealthy foods.
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author	Mercedes Vélez-Toral Zaira Morales-Domínguez María del Carmen Granado-Alcón Diego Díaz-Milanés Montserrat Andrés-Villas
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author_sort	Mercedes Vélez-Toral
title	Mediterranean Diet, Psychological Adjustment and Health Perception in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Healthy and Unhealthy Food Groups
title_short	Mediterranean Diet, Psychological Adjustment and Health Perception in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Healthy and Unhealthy Food Groups
title_full	Mediterranean Diet, Psychological Adjustment and Health Perception in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Healthy and Unhealthy Food Groups
title_fullStr	Mediterranean Diet, Psychological Adjustment and Health Perception in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Healthy and Unhealthy Food Groups
title_full_unstemmed	Mediterranean Diet, Psychological Adjustment and Health Perception in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Healthy and Unhealthy Food Groups
title_sort	mediterranean diet, psychological adjustment and health perception in university students: the mediating effect of healthy and unhealthy food groups
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/d36d8d0c77904510b86c871cf747fa1c
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Mediterranean Diet, Psychological Adjustment and Health Perception in University Students: The Mediating Effect of Healthy and Unhealthy Food Groups

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