The role of impulsivity in obesity and weight-loss maintenance Newhouse, Jessica 2017, The role of impulsivity in obesity and weight-loss maintenance, DPsych(Health) thesis, School of Psychology, Deakin University. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The role of impulsivity in obesity and weight-loss maintenance Author Newhouse, Jessica Institution Deakin University School School of Psychology Faculty Faculty of Health Degree type Research doctorate Degree name DPsych(Health) Thesis advisor Staiger, Petra orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-5015 Hayden, Melissa (nee Wright) orcid.org/0000-0002-4837-5894 Date submitted 2017-06 Keyword(s) cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) obesity impulse compulsive behavior Summary This study utilised the two-factor model of impulsivity to examine obesity and weight-loss maintenance. The findings indicated that obese adults self-report significantly higher levels of rash impulsivity compared to healthy weight individuals. Novel findings also suggested that the behavioural measure of reward sensitivity could differentiate successful weight-loss maintainers from regainers. Language eng Field of Research 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology 170205 Neurocognitive Patterns and Neural Networks Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Description of original xv, 231 pages : illustrations, tables, graphs Restricted until 2018-12-04 Copyright notice ©The Author. All Rights Reserved. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30105498 Document type: Thesis Collection: Higher degree theses (citation only)   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 15 Dec 2017, 09:38:13 EST Fri, 15 Dec 2017, 09:55:52 EST Fri, 15 Dec 2017, 09:56:30 EST Tue, 06 Feb 2018, 09:35:51 EST Tue, 06 Feb 2018, 09:39:40 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 28 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 15 Dec 2017, 09:38:05 EST by Asif, Yasmin

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