Attachment style and post-bariatric surgery health behaviours: the mediating role of self-esteem and health self-efficacy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Attachment avoidance and anxiety have been linked to overweight and poor health behaviours, yet the mechanisms that underpin the relationship between attachment and health behaviours are not fully understood. Self-esteem and self-efficacy have been found to differ between attachment styles, rendering these variables potential mediators of the relationship. This longitudinal study investigated the serial mediation between preoperative attachment and 2-year post-operative health behaviours through self-esteem and health self-efficacy.

Methods

Participants were 263 bariatric surgery patients (75.7% females, aged 47.7 ± 10.4 years, BMI 38.9 ± 3.6 kg/m²) assessed before the operation and again one and two years after the surgery. Patients completed the Exper

SUBMITTER: Pyykko JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10464092 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature