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Targeting parental motivation for change in childhood obesity: development and validation of the PURICA-S scale.

Florian JunneStefan EhehaltKatrin ZiserThomas ReinehrSusanna WiegandJohannes ManderPeter MartusIsabelle MackAndreas OberleMartin WabitschTobias RennerStephan ZipfelKatrin E Giel
Published in: International journal of obesity (2005) (2019)
In our investigated target group of parents with children with overweight or obesity, the new instrument to assess parental motivation for change proved to be a practicable, valid, and time-efficient short measure. The new instrument will enable more specific motivational stage-directed interventions that promise higher effectiveness of family-based interventions to fight childhood obesity. However, the subscale precontemplation seemed not fully suitable for the population investigated here and needs to be applied very carefully in future studies.
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