Factors Related to Attendance Rates in Obesity-Treatment-Groups.

Packer, Eugene R.; Popler, Kenneth

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Publication Date: 1979

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Factors Related to Attendance Rates in Obesity-Treatment-Groups.

Packer, Eugene R.; Popler, Kenneth

Group: The Journal of the Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society, v3 n3 p160-71 Fall 1979

Examines personal, psychological, physical, and social characteristics of persons seeking group treatment for obesity and correlates these variables with their subsequent attendance. The best candidates for continuing in treatment have completed more schooling, have been obese longer, and are less depressed, more self-sufficient, and less neurotic. (Author/BEF)

Descriptors: Adults, Attendance Patterns, Behavior Patterns, Body Weight, Dropout Characteristics, Group Therapy, Obesity, Personality Assessment, Social Characteristics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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