title: Self-regulatory theory and weight-loss maintenance.
abstract: We examined the relationships between promotion and prevention focus and caloric consumption in reaction to a dietary lapse scenario among weight loss maintainers. Participants were 65 adult females who had attained and maintained a weight loss of 10 % or more for at least 1 month. After engaging in a dietary lapse in a feeding laboratory, participants completed a "bogus" taste test, during which they could consume as much food as they liked. It was hypothesized that promotion and prevention focus would predict caloric consumption, mediated by depressive and anxious affect. Prevention focus, but not promotion focus, was positively associated with proportion of daily calories consumed. Affect was not a mediator. Prevention focus may be deleterious for dietary maintenance following dietary lapses. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed in light of prior research. Limitations of the study and recommendations for future research also are presented.
authors: Palo Alto University, 1791 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA, testa.ry@gmail.com.
authors: Rylan J
authors: RJ
authors: Testa
authors: Ronald T
authors: RT
authors: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology; D000068356:Self-Control / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015431:Weight Loss; D055815:Young Adult
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