Assessing generalization of treatment effects and self-efficacy in the modification of eating styles in obese children.
The present study implemented a brief behavioral treatment program designed to alter the eating styles of 16 obese children and assessed the generalizability of children's eating styles from a laboratory setting to a school cafeteria. Results indicated that obese children exhibited significantly different eating styles at different mealtimes across the two settings. The treatment program was also found effective in altering eating styles in both settings. Although no significant differences between the eating styles of obese and normal weight children were observed prior to treatment, the 2-week follow-up observation in the natural setting demonstrated a different eating style between obese and normal weight peers. Results also indicated that a self-efficacy rating scale was no more effective than a control measure in predicting post-treatment eating styles.
D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D004777:Environment; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*