| Title |
Causal Attributions for Obesity Among Patients Seeking Surgical Versus Behavioral/Pharmacological Weight Loss Treatment
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Obesity Surgery, September 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11695-018-3490-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rebecca L. Pearl, Thomas A. Wadden, Kelly C. Allison, Ariana M. Chao, Naji Alamuddin, Robert I. Berkowitz, Olivia Walsh, Jena Shaw Tronieri |
| Abstract |
Obesity is frequently attributed to causes such as laziness and lack of willpower and personal responsibility. The current study identified causal attributions for obesity among patients seeking bariatric surgery and compared them to those among patients seeking less invasive weight loss treatment (behavioral/pharmacological). The 16-item Causal Attributions for Obesity scale (CAO; rated 1-7) was administered to 102 patients seeking bariatric surgery (sample 1) and 178 patients seeking behavioral/pharmacological weight loss treatment (sample 2). Between-subjects analyses compared CAO ratings for the two samples. Results showed that behavioral factors were the highest-rated attributions in both samples. Sample 1 had higher ratings of biological and environmental factors than did sample 2. Overall, patients seeking bariatric surgery had a more complex conceptualization of obesity than did patients seeking behavioral/pharmacological treatment. NCT02388568. |
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| Ireland | 1 | 100% |
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| Student > Master | 8 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
| Researcher | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 14% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 14% |
| Psychology | 3 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
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