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Psychological factors influencing the outcome of treatment in obesity
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Psychological factors influencing the outcome of treatment in obesity
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Simpson, Elizabeth Carole, author.
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9780438057753
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1 electronic resource (106 pages)
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-08C.
Advisors: J. G. Greene.
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This study investigated the relationship of psychological factors to the outcome of treatment of obesity, A retrospective pilot study was first carried out on two groups of 5 subjects who had undergone starvation treatment and had been categorised at follow-up as successful or unsuccessful weight losers. A battery of tests of personality, intellectual ability and attitudes was administered to both groups, and it was found that they differed significantly in IQ, Neuroticism and attitude to "Food", The unsuccessful subjects were of lower IQ, were more neurotic and regarded food as less potent. The main study involved an assessment of 23 subjects before starvation treatment was begun using the tests which had successfully differentiated the two groups in the pilot study viz. Raven's Matrices, Eysenck's Personality Inventory, The Semantic Differential, and, in addition. The Hostility and Direction of Hostility Questionnaire. The subjects were followed up twice - at 3 months and at 18 months when weight measures were obtained. The BPI was re-administered on both occasions in an attempt to discover if the higher neuroticism of the unsuccessful dieters found in the pilot study was a cause or a result of their lack of success. Age and hostility scores correlated significantly with percentage weight lost 5 months later, indicating that the younger and more hostile subjects did badly, while at the 18 month follow-up age again correlated significantly with percentage weight lost, hostility just failed to reach significance, but pre-treatment "E" scores on the BPI did correlate significantly with outcome. The younger and more introverted subject had therefore done better. These findings, along with equivocal findings with respect to neuroticism, were discussed in relation to previous findings in this area, and suggestions for future lines of investigation made.
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