<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>Meyer , Andrea H.</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Weissen-Schelling, Simone</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Munsch , Simone</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>Margraf, Jürgen</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2010-06-11</dc:date>
  <dc:description xmlns:ns0="xml" ns0:lang="en">Objective: We aimed at developing and evaluating a questionnaire assessing health and appearance as the two main reasons for weight loss in overweight and obese individuals. Methods: Using data from two representative telephone surveys in Switzerland, the factorial structure of this questionnaire was analyzed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The model obtained was cross-validated with data from a second representative Swiss survey and multigroup analyses according to sex, age, BMI and regional language subgroups were performed. Results: This lead to a 24-item, 3-factor solution, with factors labeled ‘health’, ‘appearance in relation to others’, and ‘appearance in relation to oneself’. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were good. Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first validated questionnaire assessing overweight and obese individuals’ reasons for weight loss. It should be further tested whether using this questionnaire as a pretreatment assessment device will help in tailoring treatments to individuals, thereby increasing treatment adherence and success.</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/307169</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>https://folia.unifr.ch/documents/307169/files/doi10.1159-000315048_initialdevelopmentandreliabilityofamotivationforweightlossscale_0.pdf</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
  <dc:relation>info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1159/000315048</dc:relation>
  <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
  <dc:rights>License undefined</dc:rights>
  <dc:source>Obesity Facts. - 2010, vol. 3, p. 205–211</dc:source>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns1="xml" ns1:lang="en">Appearance</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns2="xml" ns2:lang="en">Health</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns3="xml" ns3:lang="en">Overweight</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns4="xml" ns4:lang="en">Obesity</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns5="xml" ns5:lang="en">Questionnaire development</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject xmlns:ns6="xml" ns6:lang="en">Weight loss motivation</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>info:eu-repo/classification/udc/159.9</dc:subject>
  <dc:title xmlns:ns7="xml" ns7:lang="en">Initial Development and Reliability of a Motivation for Weight Loss Scale</dc:title>
  <dc:type>http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>