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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Do I Really Want to Change? The Effectiveness of Goal Ambivalence Feedback on Dieters' Motivation.

Javad S Fadardi, Samiyeh Borhani, W Miles Cox, Alan W Stacy

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Javad S FadardiSchool of Community and Global Health, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0044-6091
Samiyeh BorhaniFaculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 9177948991, Iran.
W Miles CoxSchool of Human and Behavioral Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2AS, UK.
Alan W StacySchool of Community and Global Health, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA 91711, USA.
Claremont Graduate University · USBangor University · GBFerdowsi University of Mashhad · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Becoming committed to a new health-related goal and pursuing it is difficult for many people. The present study (a) developed and tested the psychometric properties of a brief Goal Ambivalence Scale (GAS) in a sample of dieters and (b) tested the effectiveness of providing dieters with feedback on their scores on the GAS. In Study 1, dieters (

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change motivationdietgoal ambivalencehealth behavior changetreatment adherence

Identifiers

PMID36354418
PMCPMC9687562
OpenAlexW4308771502

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