Designed to create composites of eating behavior questionnaire items and determine their relationship to an obesity index within three subsamples of participants in three Navy‐sponsored weight‐reduction programs (N = 1,878). After item and scale analyses were performed on questionnaire items that pertained to eating behaviors, history of weight problems, activities, and feelings about food and dieting, scores for the resultant composites were computed for individuals within the three subsamples. Results of multipleregression analyses indicated that the strongest correlates of obesity within each subsample were the Overweight History, Food Obsession, and Activities composites; the multiple R was 0.49 for Marine recruits, 0.46 for the other male subsample, and 0.32 for women. The Emotional Eater composite was included in the multiple regression for the women's subsample. Personality characteristics also were found to be associated with the obesity index in the men's and women's subsamples. Future studies will examine the value of these variables as predictors of weight loss and maintenance of weight loss.
Assessed the 2‐year effectiveness of Marines who had been assigned to the Physical Conditioning Platoon during recruit training in 1975 (N = 635). Participants were asked to complete: a background information questionnaire, a self‐evaluation scale, a Marine Corps opinion questionnaire, and the Comrey Personality Scales. The total sample was divided into a validation and cross‐validation subsample using the 2‐year effectiveness or noneffectiveness criterion as the basis. Results of Pearson product‐moment correlation analyses showed that higher levels of education, fewer expulsions and suspensions from school favorable attitudes on the Marine Corps Affiliation subscale and favorable self‐perceptions on the three Comrey Personality Scales of Trust vs. Defensiveness, Activity vs. Lack of Energy, and Emotional Stability vs. Neuroticism were significantly associated with effectiveness in both the validation and cross‐validation subsamples. Such findings suggest that these variables, particularly those related to affiliation and enjoyment of physical activities, should be considered as ossible selection indicators for recruits who are overweight or cannot pass the physical requirements for recruit training.
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