The role of self-efficacy, coping, and lapses in weight maintenance
| Autor: | Janet D. Latner, Geraldine F. H. McLeod, Lucy Johnston, Kerry S. O'Brien |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Coping (psychology) Overweight Relapse prevention Body weight Weight loss Weight maintenance Surveys and Questionnaires Adaptation Psychological Weight Loss medicine Secondary Prevention Humans Exercise Self-efficacy Body Weight Middle Aged medicine.disease Obesity Self Efficacy Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Female medicine.symptom Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Eating and weight disorders : EWD. 18(4) |
| ISSN: | 1590-1262 |
| Popis: | Successful weight maintenance after weight loss is exceedingly rare. The present study aimed to identify psychological predictors of lapses and weight maintenance. Self-efficacy, coping, and perceptions of lapses were examined as potential predictors of lapse frequency and weight maintenance (percentage weight loss maintained). Participants included 67 adults (85.3 % women) who had intentionally lost a mean of 16 % of their body weight and had stopped losing weight at least 6 months prior to data collection. Participants completed a 7-day lapse diary tracking the frequency and perceived severity of their dietary and activity lapses, along with questionnaires on self-efficacy, coping, and characteristics of their weight loss. Participants had lost a mean of 13.9 kg, 20.4 months prior to data collection. More frequent lapsing was correlated with lower self-efficacy and greater perceived lapse severity. Lower percentage of weight loss maintained was correlated with lower self-efficacy, poorer coping, greater perceived lapse severity, and longer time since weight loss ended. “Regainers,” who maintained |
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