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Restructuring: an emerging theory on the process of losing weight
Author(s) -
Johnson Rosemary
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01744.x
Subject(s) - grounded theory , restructuring , weight loss , qualitative research , process (computing) , psychology , social psychology , medicine , sociology , political science , computer science , social science , obesity , law , operating system
A qualitative research design (grounded theory) was used to analyse the experiences of dieters attending a weight loss programme Two hundred hours of observations at a nationally known weight reduction centre, a review of selected documents from the organization and multiple in‐depth interviews with 13 informants were the data sources for this study Data generation took place over a 21‐month penod A substantive theory of restructuring identified three stages in the process of losing weight These stages and key elements of the weight loss process are presented