Open AccessChild Overweight – Mothers’ Competence to Take Action
Author(s) -
Anne Brødsgaard,
Lis Wagner,
Birgit Peitersen,
Ingrid Poulsen,
Thorkild I A Sørensen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
obesity facts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1662-4033
pISSN - 1662-4025
DOI - 10.1159/000331013
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , competence (human resources) , obesity , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychology , endocrinology
We investigated mothers' possession and display of action competence to counteract or prevent overweight and eventual obesity in their children. Action competence is defined as a personal resource where the most important aspect is the individual's wish to take action and to believe in its benefit. It unfolds within the room for action as experienced by the individual due to action obstacles and action potentials.