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Title: Correlations of Spirituality and Self-Efficacy for Weight Loss Behaviors Among African American Women
Author : Jenna Elizabeth Griffin
Release Date : January 19, 2013
Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,Nonfiction,Social Science,
Pages : * pages
Size : 5087 KB

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The majority of African American women (78%) are considered to be overweight or obese. Research has shown a potential for both spirituality and self-efficacy to positively influence weight loss in African American women. The connection between spirituality and self-efficacy for weight loss behaviors has not been fully explored. This study investigated the relationship between spirituality and self-efficacy for weight loss behaviors in African American women who were actively trying to lose weight (n=101). Online and paper surveys measured participants’ spirituality and weight self-efficacy using scales previously validated in African American populations, the Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES) and Weight Self-Efficacy Life-style Questionnaire (WEL), respectively. Participants self-reported height, weight, weight loss program duration and type, and demographics. Data were analyzed using linear mixed models with score on the WEL as the dependent variable. Score on the DSES, age, education, neighborhood type, Body Mass Index (BMI), and weight lossprogram duration and type were included as predictor variables. Spirituality score on the DSES did not predict weight self-efficacy score on the WEL (p=.389). BMI was found to be the only significant predictor of score on the WEL (estimate= -1.36, p=.001). None of the weight loss programs reported by participants included a spiritual component. Results suggest that, for African American women, an individual’s spirituality does not predict self-efficacy for weight loss behaviors. The association between spirituality and weigh self-efficacy deserves further investigation.