Goal achievement and adaptive goal adjustment in a behavioral intervention for participants with prediabetes
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Participants with prediabetes were supported to achieve and maintain weight loss with a stage-based behavior change group program named PREview behavior Modification Intervention Toolbox (PREMIT). The tendency to engage in a process of goal adjustment was examined in relation to PREMIT attendance. Analyses were based on 1857 participants who had achieved ⩾8percent weight loss. Tendency to engage in a process of goal adjustment appeared not to be influenced by PREMIT attendance. Instead, results suggested that when unsure about reaching an intervention goal, participants were more likely to engage in a process of goal adjustment, possibly lessening distress due to potentially unachievable goals, either weight loss or maintenance.
Source: Journal of Health Psychology
Authors: Maija Huttunen-Lenz, Sylvia Hansen, Pia Siig Vestentoft, Thomas Meinert Larsen, Margriet Westerterp-Plantenga, Mathijs Drummen, Tanja Adam, Ian Macdonald, Moira Taylor, Elizabeth Simpson, J Alfredo Martinez, Santiago Navas-Carretero, Teodora Handjieva-Darlenska, Sally D Poppitt, Martha P Silvestre, Mikael Fogelholm, Elli Jalo, Roslyn Muirhead, Shannon Brodie, Jennie Brand-Miller, Anne Raben, Wolfgang Schlicht
Institutions: University of Education Schwaebisch Gmuend, University of Stuttgart, University of Cologne, University of Copenhagen, Maastricht University, University of Nottingham, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, IMDEA Food, Universidad de Navarra, Medical University of Sofia, University of Auckland, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, University of Helsinki, The University of Sydney
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Seventh Framework Programme
Award: G1295630846
OpenAlex ID: W3034064990