Open AccessPreliminary evidence of contextual factors’ influence on weight loss treatment outcomes: implications for future research
Author(s) -
J. Graham Thomas,
Stephanie P. Goldstein,
Leslie A. Brick
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/s41366-022-01070-x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , intraclass correlation , obesity , weight loss , affect (linguistics) , psychology , variance (accounting) , psychological intervention , clinical psychology , behavioural sciences , medicine , developmental psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , psychotherapist , accounting , communication , business
Behavioral health interventions, including behavioral obesity treatment, typically target psychosocial qualities of the individual (e.g., knowledge, self-efficacy) that are largely treated as persistent, over momentary contextual factors (e.g., affect, environmental conditions). The variance in treatment outcomes that can be attributable to these two sources is rarely quantified but may help inform future research and treatment development efforts.