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Self‐esteem, Internal‐External Locus of Control, and their relationship to weight reduction
Author(s) -
Nir Zohar,
Neumann Lily
Publication year - 1991
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 - 10.1002/1097-4679(199107)47:4<568::aid-jclp2270470416>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - locus of control , psychology , self esteem , personality , weight loss , developmental psychology , affect (linguistics) , social psychology , clinical psychology , demography , medicine , obesity , communication , sociology
One hundred sixteen women participated in a 10‐week weight reduction program and lost on the average of 7 kg. Family‐related variables and two personality constructs, self‐esteem and Internal‐External Locus of Control (I‐E Loc), were examined as predictors for success in weight loss. Principal findings were: (a) Subjects with low self‐esteem scores lost significantly less weight than subjects with medium and high scores (4.3 kg vs. 8.7 and 6.4, respectively); (b) No significant differences were recorded between Internals and Externals with regard to weight reduction; and (c) Family‐related variables, marriage and number of children, did not directly affect weight loss, but their effect was observed within the three self‐esteem and the two I‐E Loc groups.