Trial reportHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2018
How prescriptive support affects weight loss in weight-loss intervention participants and their untreated spouses.
Trial report in Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The effectiveness of social-support-based weight-loss interventions-a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Pooled it
- A randomized controlled trial of a theory-based weight-loss program for couples.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2020Trial
- Differential mechanisms affecting weight loss and weight loss maintenance.Nature metabolism · 2023Review
- Partner presence in the emergency department and adherence to daily cardiovascular medications in patients evaluated for acute coronary syndrome.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2020Article
- Family members' experiences with adult participation in weight management programs: Triadic perspectives from patients, partners and children.Clinical obesity · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveControlling or prescriptive support styles (e.g., pressure) often hinder weight loss, but can sometimes be beneficial. This secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial examined persuasion, pressure, and indirect social control among cohabiting couples and the effect of these supports on weight loss.
methodsCouples (
resultsDyadic multilevel models examined BMI change and differences across role (treated participant/untreated spouse) and condition (WW/SG). Prescriptive support predicted BMI change for treated participants in the WW condition only. For treated WW participants, there was no significant decrease in BMI when pressure was high (+1
conclusionsConsidering both the type and context of support for weight management is worthwhile. Intervention participants had access to treatment resources that may have engendered more effective responses to spouses' concerns or a sense of obligation to their spouse (indirect social control), whereas pressures to lose weight-while engaged in treatment-may have undermined behavior-change efforts. (PsycINFO Database Record
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