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Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 17, No. 5, 502-520 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/019394599501700504

Psychosocial Factors Influencing Weight Control Behavior of African American Women

Jacqueline A. Walcott-McQuigg

Department of Public Health Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Judith Sullivan

Department of Nursing, School of Health and Human Services, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Alice Dan

Medical Surgical Nursing; Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Barbara Logan

College of Nursing, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

The purpose of this descriptive study was to seek directly from college-educated African American women factors which they perceived influenced their individual weight control behavior, and those that influenced African American women collectively. Face-to-face, in-depth interviews were conducted, primarily in their homes, with 36African American women. Thirteen major categories were identified. Six factors that influenced the women's individual weight control behavior were emotions/feelings, beliefs, life events, self-control, discipline, and commitment. Perceived benefits of the behavior and perceived barriers to the behavior were influential in determining the attractiveness, the type, and the extent of the weight control behavior Five factors related to the African American culture were identified and described by the women. Recognition of psychosocial determinants of weight control behavior may enable health professionals to design unique interventions relevant to African American women.


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