Relationship among self-esteem, internal-external locus of control, and weight change after participation in a weight reduction program

Abstract

This report covers 15 to 47 months of follow-up study of 66 obese women who participated in a 10-week weight reduction program. Subjects were divided into three self-esteem groups and into two groups of "internal" and "external" subjects. The average weight regain during the follow-up period was 3.1 kg, although all subjects remained below their pretreatment weight. The higher the self-esteem score, the lower the average weight regain during follow-up (1.7 kg, 2.6 kg, and 3.5 kg, respectively). For internals the average weight regain was 1.8 kg and for externals 3.4 kg. Implications are discussed, and suggestions for improved weight reduction programs are presented.

Psychometric properties of the Weight Locus of Control Scale (MWLCS): study with Spanish individuals of different anthropometric nutritional status

“…As the scale showed evidence of scalar invariance, latent means were compared, showing higher levels of Powerful Others for those samples with higher weight (specifically, the obese class I and obese class II groups). This is in line with previous literature, which has pointed the relationship between LOC and weight gain [9][10][11][12] This is, as far as we know, the first time evidence in this regard has been pointed in an measurement error-free context, and with a specific scale for populations with weight problems. 17…”

Psychometric properties of the Weight Locus of Control Scale (MWLCS): study with Spanish individuals of different anthropometric nutritional status

“…As the scale showed evidence of scalar invariance, latent means were compared, showing higher levels of Powerful Others for those samples with higher weight (specifically, the obese class I and obese class II groups). This is in line with previous literature, which has pointed the relationship between LOC and weight gain [9][10][11][12] This is, as far as we know, the first time evidence in this regard has been pointed in an measurement error-free context, and with a specific scale for populations with weight problems. 17…”

The Relationship Between Basic Need Satisfaction and Emotional Eating

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The relationship between perceived sense of control and visceral adipose tissue - the North Texas Healthy Heart Study

“…Our results align well with other published research in that sense of control is associated with health behaviors and conditions that are normally associated with adiposity [23-25]. High sense of control has been found to be protective in the development of diabetes mellitus among adults [23], while lower levels have been associated with a blunted ability to deal with life stressors possibly leading to poor health behavior decisions [26].…”

Psychometric properties of the Weight Locus of Control Scale (MWLCS): study with Spanish individuals of different anthropometric nutritional status

“…As the scale showed evidence of scalar invariance, latent means were compared, showing higher levels of Powerful Others for those samples with higher weight (specifically, the obese class I and obese class II groups). This is in line with previous literature, which has pointed the relationship between LOC and weight gain [9][10][11][12] This is, as far as we know, the first time evidence in this regard has been pointed in an measurement error-free context, and with a specific scale for populations with weight problems. 17…”

The Relationship Between Basic Need Satisfaction and Emotional Eating

“……”

The relationship between perceived sense of control and visceral adipose tissue - the North Texas Healthy Heart Study

“…Our results align well with other published research in that sense of control is associated with health behaviors and conditions that are normally associated with adiposity [23-25]. High sense of control has been found to be protective in the development of diabetes mellitus among adults [23], while lower levels have been associated with a blunted ability to deal with life stressors possibly leading to poor health behavior decisions [26].…”

Psychometric properties of the Weight Locus of Control Scale (MWLCS): study with Spanish individuals of different anthropometric nutritional status

“…As the scale showed evidence of scalar invariance, latent means were compared, showing higher levels of Powerful Others for those samples with higher weight (specifically, the obese class I and obese class II groups). This is in line with previous literature, which has pointed the relationship between LOC and weight gain [9][10][11][12] This is, as far as we know, the first time evidence in this regard has been pointed in an measurement error-free context, and with a specific scale for populations with weight problems. 17…”

The Relationship Between Basic Need Satisfaction and Emotional Eating

“……”

The relationship between perceived sense of control and visceral adipose tissue - the North Texas Healthy Heart Study

“…Our results align well with other published research in that sense of control is associated with health behaviors and conditions that are normally associated with adiposity [23-25]. High sense of control has been found to be protective in the development of diabetes mellitus among adults [23], while lower levels have been associated with a blunted ability to deal with life stressors possibly leading to poor health behavior decisions [26].…”