TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between changes in body weight and changes in psychosocial functioning
AU - Klesges, Robert C.
AU - Klem, Mary L.
AU - Klesges, Lisa M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by two grants awarded to the first author (HL36553; HL-39332) by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Support was also received from a Centers of Excellence grant awarded to the Department of Psychology, Memphis State University, by the state of Tennessee.
PY - 1992/10
Y1 - 1992/10
N2 - Previous studies have indicated that obesity is related to a variety of psychosocial problems. Unfortunately, the literature on the relationship between weight status and psychosocial functioning has primarily utilized clinical samples and cross-sectional designs. The current study prospectively explored the relationship between weight gain and changes in psychosocial functioning. Subjects were 195 women and 204 men recruited as part of a larger longitudinal study of cardiovascular risk factors, who attended assessment sessions once per year for 2 consecutive years. Psychosocial functioning was assessed using the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), the Family Environment Scale (FES) and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale 3rd Edition (FACES-III). Subjects were categorized based on their weight status at each year so the effect of a change in weight status on changes in psychosocial functioning could be evaluated. Multivariate measures indicated no changes in psychosocial functioning as a result of change in weight status over a 1-year period for either men or women. It appears that shifts in body weight, at least in a sample of subjects with generally good levels of psychological functioning, are not associated with changes in the measured levels of psychosocial functioning.
AB - Previous studies have indicated that obesity is related to a variety of psychosocial problems. Unfortunately, the literature on the relationship between weight status and psychosocial functioning has primarily utilized clinical samples and cross-sectional designs. The current study prospectively explored the relationship between weight gain and changes in psychosocial functioning. Subjects were 195 women and 204 men recruited as part of a larger longitudinal study of cardiovascular risk factors, who attended assessment sessions once per year for 2 consecutive years. Psychosocial functioning was assessed using the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), the Family Environment Scale (FES) and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Scale 3rd Edition (FACES-III). Subjects were categorized based on their weight status at each year so the effect of a change in weight status on changes in psychosocial functioning could be evaluated. Multivariate measures indicated no changes in psychosocial functioning as a result of change in weight status over a 1-year period for either men or women. It appears that shifts in body weight, at least in a sample of subjects with generally good levels of psychological functioning, are not associated with changes in the measured levels of psychosocial functioning.
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U2 - 10.1016/0195-6663(92)90017-Z
DO - 10.1016/0195-6663(92)90017-Z
M3 - Article
C2 - 1489212
AN - SCOPUS:0026937332
SN - 0195-6663
VL - 19
SP - 145
EP - 153
JO - Appetite
JF - Appetite
IS - 2
ER -