Abstract
The effects on weight loss of two ‘target-setting’ strategies were compared for a sample of obese females following a dietary/behavioural weight-loss programme. Predictions concerning the interaction between target-setting strategy and Locus-of-Control orientation were examined. The option of adopting a ‘variable’ food intake strategy, which allowed compensations or planning variations around an average target, was associated, for externals, with greater weight loss than a ‘consistent’ strategy, in which daily targets for food intake were always the same. Internals did not respond differentially to the two conditions. A measure of verbal intelligence was significantly correlated with control orientation but intelligence was not significantly correlated with weight loss. Some theoretical and clinical implications are discussed.
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