title: An emerging model of behavior change in women maintaining weight loss.
abstract: This study is based on and expands Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness with women who maintained weight loss for at least 1 year. The researcher engaged in two in-depth interviews with twenty women. Individual patterns for participants who maintained weight loss revealed a personal journey of self-discovery and control with initial chaos, choice, and then emergence of behaviors reflecting expanded consciousness. Looking across participants, six patterns emerged from the data with evolution of a model of change that has implications for nursing practice at defined times within the change process of weight loss.
authors.affiliation: Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003243:Consciousness; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005610:Freedom; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D016294:Models, Nursing; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015431:Weight Loss; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*