| The development and validation of the weight management support inventory. | |
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PMID: 17174850 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The purpose of this investigation was to develop and validate the Weight Management Support Inventory (WMSI). The WMSI assesses social support specifically for weight management. It quantifies the frequency and subjective helpfulness of supportive behaviors as well as examining four specific subtypes of support (emotional, instrumental, informational, and appraisal). The first stage of development (n=348) established the internal consistency (alpha) of the WMSI and also established the factor structure of the WMSI using confirmatory factor analysis. The second stage of development (n=237) demonstrated the construct, convergent, and discriminant validity of the WMSI. The WMSI provides a tool to allow future investigations to examine baseline levels of support for weight management and to verify changes in support via intervention. Additionally, the WMSI provides information that allows clinicians to tailor the social support component of weight management treatments to clients' individual needs. |
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Authors:
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Sherry Rieder; Audrey Ruderman |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2005-06-13 |
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Title: Eating behaviors Volume: 8 ISSN: 1471-0153 ISO Abbreviation: Eat Behav Publication Date: 2007 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-12-18 Completed Date: 2007-03-19 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101090048 Medline TA: Eat Behav Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 39-47 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychology (MC 285), 1009 Behavioral Sciences Building, 1007 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60607-7137, USA. |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Body Weight* Diet, Reducing / psychology* Female Goals Humans Male Middle Aged Obesity / diet therapy*, psychology Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data* Psychometrics / statistics & numerical data Reference Values Reproducibility of Results Social Support* |
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