Wing & Jeffery, 1999: Providing social support increased likelihood of maintaining weight loss among adults over ten months after treatment
Reference:
Wing, R. R., & Jeffery, R. W. (1999). Benefits of recruiting participants with friends and increasing social support for weight loss and maintenance. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 67(1), 132.
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People trying to lose weight were randomized to a standard behavioral treatment (weekly group meetings over 16 weeks) or this treatment with social support: 4-person teams in which each person supported the others’ efforts to lose weight. All participants lost weight over the 4-month treatment with no difference by condition. However, those who received the social support component were more likely to maintain their weight loss through 10 months than those who did not.
Psychological Process:
Need
Need to BelongWhat Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
To Feel Connected, Included, Respected, and Valued by OthersApproach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Link Belonging to a Behavior or Attitude to Motivate Positive ChangeHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
Am I working together with others to accomplish personal or collective goals?Am I working together with others to accomplish personal or collective goals?Linking social connections and feelings of belonging to goal pursuitsPsychological Question Addressed
Am I working together with others to accomplish personal or collective goals?Psychological Process 2:
Psychological Process 3:
Social Area:
Health
Intervention Technique:
Prompting by altering situations