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- Title
Social Cognitive Reactions to Considering Participation in Weight-Management Interventions.
- Authors
Strachan, Shaelyn M.; Brawley, Lawrence R.
- Abstract
This study investigated social cognitive reactions and individual-difference factors associated with selecting a traditional diet intervention (TDI) and a nondiet (NDI) intervention. Participants read balanced descriptions of typical TDI and NDI interventions, and subsequently completed a questionnaire assessing selection of intervention, self-efficacy (SE), and outcome expectations (OE) for each approach; body image (BI); and demographics. MANOVA procedures revealed that selection of intervention moderated ratings of SE and OE for each intervention. In addition, MANOVA procedures revealed a 3-way interaction between intervention selection, intervention rating, and weight status. A MANOVA also revealed that selection groups differed on the overweight preoccupation subscale of the BI measure. Social cognitions and aspects of body image may provide useful information about readiness for weight-management approaches.
- Subjects
SOCIAL perception; APPLIED psychology; BODY dysmorphic disorder; BODY image; MIND &; body; MENTAL imagery; SELF-perception; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; COLLECTIVE memory; INTERPERSONAL relations; SOCIAL consciousness
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2007, Vol 37, Issue 5, p969
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1559-1816.2007.00195.x