Psychobehavioural Factors Are More Strongly Associated with Successful Weight Management Than Predetermined Satiety Effect or Other Characteristics of Diet

Table 8

Spearman and partial correlation coefficients between the changes in eating behaviour and psychological distress from the beginning of the study to the end of the weight-maintenance period and changes (%) in body weight during the weight-maintenance period (𝑛=82).

Change in	𝑟^a	𝑃	𝑟^b	𝑃
Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire
(i) Cognitive restraint of eating	−0.23	0.04	−0.21	0.07
(ii) Flexible restraint of eating	−0.33	0.002	−0.31	0.006
(iii) Rigid restraint of eating	−0.003	0.98	−0.01	0.90
(iv) Disinhibition of eating	0.22	0.048	0.18	0.12
(v) Susceptibility to hunger	0.28	0.01	0.31	0.005
Dutch Eating Behaviour Questionnaire
(i) Restraint of eating	−0.06	0.63	−0.06	0.59
(ii) Emotional eating	0.11	0.35	0.05	0.66
(iii) External eating	0.25	0.02	0.25	0.02
Binge Eating Scale
(i) Binge eating	0.26	0.02	0.24	0.03
General Health Questionnaire
(i) Psychological distress	0.24	0.03	0.23	0.04

^aSpearman’s correlation; ^bpartial correlation, adjusted by study group.