Optimism and obesity treatment outcomes

✍ Scribed by Kevin R. Fontaine; Lawrence J. Cheskin

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 56 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199901)55:1<141::aid-jclp15>3.0.co;2-g

✦ Synopsis

To examine the ability of the personality dimension dispositional optimism to predict short-term obesity treatment outcomes (weeks of program attendance and weight loss), 177 consecutive persons seeking outpatient treatment at a university-based weight management center completed the revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R; Scheier, Carver, & Bridges, 1994) and underwent a comprehensive medically monitored weight loss program. The overall LOT-R and optimism subscales did not correlate with either attendance or weight loss. However, the pessimism subscale was positively associated with weeks of attendance.