Using Social Marketing to Understand the Family Dinner with Working Mothers.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2010
Keywords
social marketing, family dinner, focus group, working mothers
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2010.524103
Abstract
The family dinner is a valued tradition that affords opportunities for social interaction and attachment, as well as sharing events of the day, role modeling, connectedness, and problem solving. Guided by the social-marketing framework, this study explored factors associated with the frequency of the family dinner among working mothers with children ages 8-11 years. A qualitative design was used, employing focus groups and Atlas-ti software for thematic analysis. Lack of time, cost, and exhaustion/lack of energy emerged as barriers. Working mothers indicated that a youth-based organization operating as a community partner could increase the frequency of the family dinner by helping with homework completion during after-school care, thereby providing mothers with the time necessary to prepare dinner. This research identified both community partners and working mothers as valued resources for prevention strategies. Interventions developed to increase family dinner frequency should emphasize the perceived value while decreasing the costs/barriers.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Ecology of Food and Nutrition, v. 49, issue 6, p. 431-451
Scholar Commons Citation
Martinasek, Mary P.; DeBate, Rita D.; Walvoord, Ashley G.; Melton, Stephanie T.; Himmelgreen, David; Allen, Tammy D.; and McDermott, Robert J, "Using Social Marketing to Understand the Family Dinner with Working Mothers." (2010). Psychology Faculty Publications. 8.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/8
