Correcting student misconceptions about nutrition, health, and wellness

Abangma, Yaya

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Title: Correcting student misconceptions about nutrition, health, and wellness
Author: Abangma, Yaya
Decade: 2010-2019
Abstract: False information can have a lasting impact on a persons decision-making and reasoning abilities. College students, for example, have been shown to develop unhealthy behaviors possibly due to a lack of factual nutrition information. Previous efforts to correct false beliefs revealed that it is difficult, but not impossible to lower the influence of misconceptions. The purpose of the current study was to explore whether the type of correction influenced belief change (posttest scores). Additionally, the researcher sought out to study the impact self-esteem level had on the overall success of corrections. First, participants were exposed to true and false health statements. They were then randomly assigned to receive either simple corrections to the false statements, detailed corrections, or none at all. Self-esteem levels were also measured. Analyses revealed that there were significant main effects of time and of correction type. Self-esteem did not have a significant main effect. On average, posttest scores for the control group were significantly lower than both the simple and detailed correction groups; however there was no difference between scores for the simple and detailed correction groups. Present findings contribute to existing recommendations for successfully correcting misinformation.
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Collection: Departmental Honors in Psychology
Date of Award: May 2015
Degree Type: thesis
Degree Name: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Granting Institution: Spelman College
Department: Department of Psychology
Advisor: Guillory, Jimmeka
Brennan, Dolores Bradley
Institution: Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
Spelman College
Geographic Location: Georgia--Atlanta
Date Submitted: 2015-05-01
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/psych.honors:2015_abangma_yaya
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