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A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Social Support and Homophily in Weight Loss

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The prevalence of obesity within the US continues to rise, and many individuals elect to involve supportive others in their weight loss. Social support is generally helpful in weight management, but its mechanisms are less understood. One construct that deserves further attention is homophily, or the notion that “birds of...

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Weight Loss, Homophily, Behavior Change, Social Support, Intervention, and Obesity

Subject:

Behavioral sciences, Behavioral psychology, and Clinical psychology

Creator:

Hoffman Marchese, Sara

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

10/07/2021

Date Created:

2021-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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etdadmin_upload_838140 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15672
The optimization bias in inter-temporal decision-making

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People evidence behaviors that engender hope for future behavior change, but also evidence this hope when there is no reason to believe that any behavior change will occur. For example, prior research suggests that temporal factors make people susceptible to change their minds over time, and a confluence of cognitive...

Keyword:

cognitive heuristic, temporal cognition, cognitive bias, luck, cognition, and decision-making

Subject:

Cognitive psychology, Behavioral sciences, and Behavioral psychology

Creator:

Salomon-Amend, Meghan Maureen

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/12/2020

Date Created:

2019-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

etdadmin_upload_668035 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14710

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