Logel & Cohen, 2012: Affirming values increased weight loss and self-regulation among overweight women over two-and-a-half months
Reference:
Logel, C., & Cohen, G. L. (2012). The role of the self in physical health: Testing the effect of a values-affirmation intervention on weight loss. Psychological Science, 23(1), 53-55.
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Completing a values-affirmation exercise led overweight women to lose more weight two-and-a-half months later, and show evidence of enhanced self-regulation.
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
To See the Self as AdequateApproach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Remedy Threats to Self-Integrity that Undermine FunctioningHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
Am I under threat, because I have trouble regulating my behavior effectively to accomplish important goals?Am I under threat, because I have trouble regulating my behavior effectively to accomplish important goals?Psychological Question Addressed
Am I under threat, because I have trouble regulating my behavior effectively to accomplish important goals?Psychological Process 2:
Psychological Process 3:
Social Area:
Health
Intervention Technique:
Active reflection, values-affirmation