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Optimism and obesity treatment outcomes
Author(s) -
Fontaine Kevin R.,
Cheskin Lawrence J.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199901)55:1<141::aid-jclp15>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - optimism , pessimism , psychology , attendance , weight loss , personality , clinical psychology , obesity , big five personality traits , gerontology , psychotherapist , social psychology , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , economics , economic growth
To examine the ability of the personality dimension dispositional optimism to predict short‐term obesity treatment outcomes (weeks of program attendance and weight loss), 177 consecutive persons seeking outpatient treatment at a university‐based weight management center completed the revised Life Orientation Test (LOT‐R; Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994) and underwent a comprehensive medically monitored weight loss program. The overall LOT‐R and optimism subscales did not correlate with either attendance or weight loss. However, the pessimism subscale was positively associated with weeks of attendance. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 55: 141–143, 1999.