Self-efficacy (Eating Healthy)

What it measures

Belief in one's own ability to actually maintain a healthy diet, across four items.

Response Format

7-point Likert (1=strongly disagree, 7=strongly agree)

Representative items

• I believe I have the ability to eat a healthy diet __________. definitely do not / definitely do
• To what extent do you see yourself as being capable of eating a healthy diet __________? very unlikely / very likely
• How confident are you that you will be able to eat a healthy diet __________? very unsure / very sure
• If it were entirely up to me, I am confident that I would be able to eat a healthy diet __________. strongly disagree / strongly agree

Citation

Weihrauch, A., & Huang, S. (2021). Portraying Humans as Machines to Promote Health: Unintended Risks, Mechanisms, and Solutions. Journal of Marketing, 85(3), 184–203.

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