An Ecological Momentary Assessment of Lapse Occurrences in Dieters

Heather C. McKee; Nikos Ntoumanis; Ian M. Taylor

doi:10.1007/s12160-014-9594-y

An Ecological Momentary Assessment of Lapse Occurrences in Dieters

Heather C. McKee^*
, Nikos Ntoumanis
, Ian M. Taylor

^*Corresponding author for this work

Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

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Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the factors related to dietary lapse occurrence in a community sample of dieters.

Methods: An ecological momentary assessment (EMA) methodology, via mobile phone-based diaries, was employed to record dietary lapse occurrences in a group of dieters (N = 80; M_age = 41.21 ± 15.60 years; M_BMI = 30.78 ± 7.26) over 7 days.

Results: Analyses indicated that lapses were positively associated with the strength of dietary temptation, presence of others, coping responses, and the environment (exposure to food cues) in which the dieters were in; lapses were more likely to occur in the evening and were negatively associated with the use of coping mechanisms. Additionally, lapse occurrence was found to mediate the relationships among the above predictors of lapse and the self-efficacy to resist future dietary temptations.

Conclusions: Results provide an insight into the occurrence of lapses in dieters and have implications for interventions focusing on weight loss maintenance and relapse prevention.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	300-310
Number of pages	11
Journal	Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Volume	48
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9594-y
Publication status	Published - Dec 2014

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Keywords

Dietary temptation
Ecological momentary assessment
Lapse
Self-control
Weight maintenance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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