1. Development and validation of a short scale to measure how social relationships support the continuous and conscious endeavour to lose weight
- Author
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Shinji Kosugi, Shuzo Nishimura, Yoshimitsu Takahashi, and Akemi Takada
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Adult ,Male ,Applied psychology ,Psychological intervention ,law.invention ,Young Adult ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Weight loss ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Weight Loss ,Criterion validity ,medicine ,Humans ,Interpersonal Relations ,Obesity ,Reliability (statistics) ,Aged ,Data Collection ,Body Weight ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Reproducibility of Results ,Social Support ,General Social Sciences ,Middle Aged ,Confirmatory factor analysis ,Scale (social sciences) ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Factor Analysis, Statistical ,Psychology ,Construct (philosophy) ,Social Adjustment ,Social psychology - Abstract
SummaryThis paper reports the development of a short scale (ten items) entitled ‘Social Relationships to Prevent Obesity’ (SRPO), which examines how social relationships support the continuous and conscious endeavour to lose weight. The construct and criterion validity of this scale were ascertained in this study. Factor structure and reliability were examined using data from a randomized controlled trial. A confirmatory factor analysis of the SRPO revealed three relevant factors. The results suggest that the SRPO has both validity and clinical utility and can thus be used as a screening tool in weight-loss interventions and to assess the degree of, and trends in, self-control for weight loss in individuals. The scale can also be used to examine the environmental and self-control problems faced by obese people – factors that should be considered when conducting weight-loss interventions.
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- 2014