Successful Weight Loss Maintenance and a Shift in Identity From Restriction to a New Liberated Self
Epiphaniou, E and Ogden, J (2010) Successful Weight Loss Maintenance and a Shift in Identity From Restriction to a New Liberated Self Journal of Health Psychology, 15 (6). pp. 887-896.
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The present qualitative study aims to explore the experiences of dieters who successfully maintain their weight loss with a focus on the transition in perception of self from their heaviest to their current reduced weight. Ten successful women from a slimming club who had lost at least 10 per cent of their weight for a minimum of one year participated in the study. The results showed an identity shift from a previous restrained self towards a liberated individual, regarding their social interactions, dietary habits, emotional regulation and self-appraisal. The results are discussed in terms of the process of reinvention and the impact of stigma on an obese person’s self-identity.
Item Type: | Article | |||||||||
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Divisions : | Surrey research (other units) | |||||||||
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Date : | 1 September 2010 | |||||||||
DOI : | 10.1177/1359105309358115 | |||||||||
Uncontrolled Keywords : | Social Sciences, Psychology, Clinical, Psychology, identity, life events, obesity, reinvention, weight maintenance, BEHAVIOR-CHANGE, OBESITY, LIFE, BIAS, RESOLUTION, DRINKING, OUTCOMES, SMOKING, RELAPSE | |||||||||
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Depositing User : | Symplectic Elements | |||||||||
Date Deposited : | 17 May 2017 09:24 | |||||||||
Last Modified : | 24 Jan 2020 16:51 | |||||||||
URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/823574 |
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