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Associations Between Romantic Relationship Factors and Body Mass Index Among Weight Loss Surgery Patients
Author(s) -
Ferriby Megan,
Pratt Keeley,
Noria Sabrena,
Needleman Bradley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/jmft.12357
Subject(s) - body mass index , romance , psychology , obesity , multilevel model , confirmatory factor analysis , regression analysis , positive relationship , clinical psychology , medicine , social psychology , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics , psychoanalysis
The current study utilized a sample of 183 patients, in romantic relationships, who were either pre‐ or post‐weight loss surgery ( WLS ), to assess (a) associations between romantic relationship factors and pre‐ and post‐surgery body mass index ( BMI ), (b) the positive and negative influences of obesity in romantic relationships, and (c) the influence of romantic relationship factors on BMI and the reciprocal. Correlations, confirmatory factor analysis, and multiple linear regression were conducted. Patients endorsed greater negative influence of obesity in their romantic relationships compared to positive influences, and their romantic relationship quality was predicted by several variables, including BMI , in pre‐ and post‐surgery patient groups.