Gender and Emotional Representation Matter: Own Illness Beliefs and Their Relationship to Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current treatments of obesity often fail to consider gender and psychological aspects, which are essential for weight loss and weight maintenance. The aim of our study was to analyze subjective illness representations (SIRs) of adults with obesity according to the Common-Sense Self-Regulation Model (CSM) by assessing their associations with weight-related variables and gender.

Methods

Data was collected via online self-assessment between April 2017 and March 2018. SIRs were operationalized by the revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ-R) and illness outcomes according to the CSM were defined as BMI, eating behaviour, physical wellbeing, bodyweight satisfaction, and shape concerns. The sample consisted of 427 adults (M = 42.2 years, SD = 10.9;

SUBMITTER: Henning C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8863172 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature