Sergio Román
Biographic Data
| ID | 3656774 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sergio Román |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sergio |
| FAMILY NAME | Román |
| SIGNATURE | ROMAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Murcia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7877-5733 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From store to home
Feeding habits established during infancy play a significant role in shaping neural and physical development as well as future food preferences, emphasizing the importance of careful food selection during this time. This study examines the reasons driving parents' choices of commercial snacks for their infants amid growing concerns over their nutritional content. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 parents of infants and toddlers ag…
Complementary feeding challenges
Parents play a crucial role in deciding what foods to introduce to their infants during the transition from milk to solids. This study examined the challenges they face, including adherence to official complementary feeding recommendations and the struggles and concerns across different stages of feeding. Specifically, this study focused on the initial stage (transition from breastmilk/formula to mashed foods), middle stage (consumption of mashed…
Complementary Feeding Practices and Parental Pressure to Eat among Spanish Infants and Toddlers
The introduction of complementary foods is a crucial stage in the development and determination of infants' health status in both the short and longer-term. This study describes complementary feeding practices among infants and toddlers in Spain. Also, relationships among sample characteristics (both parents and their child), feeding practices (timing, type of complementary food), and parental pressure to eat were explored. Cognitive interviewing…
The importance of food naturalness for consumers
An examination of the interrelationships between self-esteem, others' expectations, family support, learning approaches and academic achievement
The current research represents an initial step into the analysis of the effect of self‐esteem, others' (peers and teachers) expectations and family support on academic achievement through learning approaches (deep processing, surface processing and effort). Data were gathered from 553 university students from different faculties of a Spanish university. The analyses, through structural equation modeling, provided support for the positive effects…
University students' academic performance
Background. The prediction and explanation of academic performance and the investigation of the factors relating to the academic success and persistence of students are topics of utmost importance in higher education.Aims. The main aim of the present study is to develop and test a conceptual framework in a university context, where the effects of achievement goals, self-efficacy and class size on academic performance are hypothesized to be direct…
University students' academic performance
Background. The prediction and explanation of academic performance and the investigation of the factors relating to the academic success and persistence of students are topics of utmost importance in higher education.Aims. The main aim of the present study is to develop and test a conceptual framework in a university context, where the effects of achievement goals, self-efficacy and class size on academic performance are hypothesized to be direct…
An examination of the interrelationships between self-esteem, others' expectations, family support, learning approaches and academic achievement
The current research represents an initial step into the analysis of the effect of self‐esteem, others' (peers and teachers) expectations and family support on academic achievement through learning approaches (deep processing, surface processing and effort). Data were gathered from 553 university students from different faculties of a Spanish university. The analyses, through structural equation modeling, provided support for the positive effects…
Complementary feeding challenges
Parents play a crucial role in deciding what foods to introduce to their infants during the transition from milk to solids. This study examined the challenges they face, including adherence to official complementary feeding recommendations and the struggles and concerns across different stages of feeding. Specifically, this study focused on the initial stage (transition from breastmilk/formula to mashed foods), middle stage (consumption of mashed…
University students' academic performance
Background. The prediction and explanation of academic performance and the investigation of the factors relating to the academic success and persistence of students are topics of utmost importance in higher education.Aims. The main aim of the present study is to develop and test a conceptual framework in a university context, where the effects of achievement goals, self-efficacy and class size on academic performance are hypothesized to be direct…
An examination of the interrelationships between self-esteem, others' expectations, family support, learning approaches and academic achievement
The current research represents an initial step into the analysis of the effect of self‐esteem, others' (peers and teachers) expectations and family support on academic achievement through learning approaches (deep processing, surface processing and effort). Data were gathered from 553 university students from different faculties of a Spanish university. The analyses, through structural equation modeling, provided support for the positive effects…
The importance of food naturalness for consumers
Complementary Feeding Practices and Parental Pressure to Eat among Spanish Infants and Toddlers
The introduction of complementary foods is a crucial stage in the development and determination of infants' health status in both the short and longer-term. This study describes complementary feeding practices among infants and toddlers in Spain. Also, relationships among sample characteristics (both parents and their child), feeding practices (timing, type of complementary food), and parental pressure to eat were explored. Cognitive interviewing…
Complementary feeding challenges
Parents play a crucial role in deciding what foods to introduce to their infants during the transition from milk to solids. This study examined the challenges they face, including adherence to official complementary feeding recommendations and the struggles and concerns across different stages of feeding. Specifically, this study focused on the initial stage (transition from breastmilk/formula to mashed foods), middle stage (consumption of mashed…
From store to home
Feeding habits established during infancy play a significant role in shaping neural and physical development as well as future food preferences, emphasizing the importance of careful food selection during this time. This study examines the reasons driving parents' choices of commercial snacks for their infants amid growing concerns over their nutritional content. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 parents of infants and toddlers ag…
Psychology (5 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (3 works) · Academic achievement (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Pediatrics (2 works)