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Relationships between self-regulation skills and physical activity and fruit and vegetable consumption in obese adults: mediation of mood and self-efficacy
- Source :
- Psychological reports. 108(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- In cognitive-behavioral treatments for obesity, self-regulation is thought to be a strong predictor of behavioral change, but it is rarely directly measured in intervention research. Thus, how self-regulation interacts with other psychological variables regarding treatment effects is largely unknown. In this preliminary field study, self-regulatory skills were directly measured and were found to be significantly associated with both volume of exercise and fruit and vegetable consumption in severely obese adults ( N = 116) enrolled in a behavioral weight management program. Significant partial and complete mediation of the relationship between self-regulation for physical activity and physical activity, and self-regulation for appropriate eating and fruit and vegetable intake, respectively, were found by reported negative mood. Self-efficacy was not found to be a significant mediator of these relationships. The bivariate relationship between baseline scores of self-regulation for physical activity and self-regulation for appropriate eating was significant ( r = .46), which supported the premise that self-regulation is a traitlike personal characteristic. Volume of exercise and fruit and vegetable consumption significantly predicted weight loss over 6 months ( R2 = .35). Results were consistent with the few laboratory-based findings available and, after replication, may extend theory related to obesity treatment.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Mediation (statistics)
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Physical activity
Behavior Therapy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Weight management
Vegetables
Weight Loss
medicine
Humans
Obesity
Temperament
Exercise
Life Style
General Psychology
Internal-External Control
Self-efficacy
Consumption (economics)
Feeding Behavior
Social Control, Informal
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Self Efficacy
Negative mood
Mood
Fruit
Physical therapy
Female
Psychology
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00332941
- Volume :
- 108
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychological reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....da7877f42e14a74ccc55e46466f0a95b