Does Weight-Cycling Influence Illness Beliefs in Obesity? A Gender-Sensitive Approach
Table 2
Total values of the IPQ-R and gender differences in subjective illness representations.
Overall (N = 433)
Women (n = 356)
Men (n = 77)
t
df
[CI]
M
SD
M
SD
M
SD
IPQ-R
Acute vs. chronic
18.91
3.86
19.5
3.86
18.29
3.81
1.58
431
0.12
0.20 [−0.05; 0.45]
Constant vs. cyclical
11.58
3.12
11.85
3.08
10.30
2.93
4.04
431
0.001
0.51 [0.26; 0.76]
Consequences
15.86
3.20
16.01
3.12
15.18
3.30
2.06
431
0.04
0.26 [0.01; 0.51]
Personal control
15.51
3.00
15.31
3.03
16.43
2.68
−2.99
431
<0.001
−0.38 [−0.62; −0.13]
Treatment control
14.29
2.75
14.30
2.18
14.23
2.80
0.19
431
0.85
0.02 [−0.22; 0.27]
Sense of coherence
19.61
3.48
19.63
3.40
19.51
3.86
0.27
431
0.79
0.03 [−0.21; 0.28]
Emotional representationa
19.70
4.63
20.25
4.33
17.14
5.12
4.95
101
0.001
0.62 [0.37; 0.87]
Note. value (two-sided); IPQ-R: Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised, range of the subscales “acute vs. chronic,” “consequences,” “sense of coherence,” and “emotional representation” from 0 to 25, range of the subscales “constant vs. cyclical,” “personal control,” and “treatment control” from 0 to 20; aWelch correction.
