Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Publication Date

6-9-1978

Abstract

Modification of eating behavior in obese adolescents was attempted through self-management training by bibliotherapy with and without personal therapist contact, and compared for weight loss effectiveness to an attention-placebo social pressure treatment, in lieu of a conventional untreated control group. These groups of girls (N=44; ages 11 – 18 years), at least 15% overweight, received, respectively: 1) 10 weekly self-management weight control didactic meetings in a group social pressure settings, plus an instruction manual providing lessons completed at home concerning self-control of eating behavior which were commented upon and returned by the therapist each week (Group 1M+SPo, instruction manual plus social pressure); 2) the same 10-week instruction manual only (Group IMO) without weekly group meetings, wherein only correspondence contact was maintained with the therapist; or 3) 10 weekly social pressure group meetings (Group SP) where weight regulation problems were discussed in an unstructured atmosphere with only basic nutrition and exercise information provided, plus public announcement of weight loss or gain and group verbal feedback on individual progress. A fourth group of 10 boys also received the I+SP treatment.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Educational Leadership

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

First Committee Member (Chair)

Mary Bierman Harris

Second Committee Member

Lewis Aloysius Dahmen

Third Committee Member

Wayne Paul Moellenberg

Fourth Committee Member

Roger Lee Kroth

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