Abstract
This study investigated perceptions of and engagement with the concepts of planning and problem-solving, within a weight management sample. A total of 53 participants (62% female, 20–74 years old) completed a semi-structured interview and quantitative measures after a 16-week weight maintenance period. Preliminary weight maintainers (who had maintained losses of, at least 10% of their original weight) were compared with heavier-than-baseline participants (who had re-gained more weight than was originally lost). The maintainers exhibited stronger problem-solving skills (p <.05). The heavier-than-baseline participants tended towards non-rational problem-solving styles. Qualitatively, the maintainers described more planning events and were more accepting of mistakes than the heavier-than-baseline participants. Implications are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 440-452 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2019 |
Keywords
- dichotomous thinking
- planning
- problem-solving skills
- weight maintenance
- weight re-gain
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