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    PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT TO SURGICALLY INDUCED WEIGHT LOSS: DISTINGUISHING FACTORS IN BARIATRIC PATIENTS

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    Perdue, Tamara O.
    Abstract
    Bariatric surgery is an effective tool to promote weight loss and reduction of co-morbidities associated with obesity. A battery of pre-operative tests and consultations are required to certify someone as a candidate for such surgery. Even though the patient may be prepared for physical change, they may not be fully prepared for the psychological, spiritual and social challenges that rapid weight loss presents. Based on Hermans' Dialogical Self Theory, this research introduces a series of questions to assess which patients may be having difficulty with psychological adaptation to their diminished weight. Based on these 25 questions, participants are clustered into predominately 'I-obese' or 'I-ex-obese' categories. Female participants who remain in an 'I-obese' psychological state, were found more likely to have body image concerns, view their health as strongly impacted by the influence of others and have difficulty identifying their feelings. In addition, they were significantly more likely to have lower health-related quality of life scores in vitality, social functioning and mental health.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6495
    Subject
     Dialogical Self Theory; obesity; body image; locus of control; alexithymia; health quality of life; ESV 
    Date
    2017-11-29
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    Perdue, Tamara O.. (November 2017). PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT TO SURGICALLY INDUCED WEIGHT LOSS: DISTINGUISHING FACTORS IN BARIATRIC PATIENTS (Doctoral Dissertation, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6495.)

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    Perdue, Tamara O.. PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT TO SURGICALLY INDUCED WEIGHT LOSS: DISTINGUISHING FACTORS IN BARIATRIC PATIENTS. Doctoral Dissertation. East Carolina University, November 2017. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/6495. February 28, 2021.
    Chicago:
    Perdue, Tamara O., “PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT TO SURGICALLY INDUCED WEIGHT LOSS: DISTINGUISHING FACTORS IN BARIATRIC PATIENTS” (Doctoral Dissertation., East Carolina University, November 2017).
    AMA:
    Perdue, Tamara O.. PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT TO SURGICALLY INDUCED WEIGHT LOSS: DISTINGUISHING FACTORS IN BARIATRIC PATIENTS [Doctoral Dissertation]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; November 2017.
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