Table 2.

Univariate between-person and within-person associations between satisfaction and weight loss, outcomes related to weight loss, and experiences related to the weight loss process over 16 months

Model/experience variable	Coefficient	Standard error	t value	p value	$R_{\epsilon }^2$
Percentage change in weight model	0.158	0.013	11.72	.0001a	0.178
Weight-loss-related outcomes models
Amount of self-control					0.380
between-person association	0.331	0.044	7.44	.0001a
within-person association	0.476	0.034	13.93	.0001a
Perceived attractiveness					0.265
between-person association	0.173	0.045	3.82	.0002a
within-person association	0.462	0.044	10.49	.0001a
Amount of positive feedback					0.233
between-person association	0.161	0.043	3.75	.0002a
within-person association	0.256	0.030	8.57	.0001a
Amount of negative feedback					0.209
between-person association	−0.122	0.056	−2.17	.03
within-person association	−0.198	0.044	−4.48	.0001a
Improvement in clothes fitting					0.291
between-person association	0.340	0.043	7.97	.0001a
within-person association	0.380	0.028	13.38	.0001a
Weight-loss-process experiences
Amount of effort exerted					0.380
between-person association	0.200	0.044	4.51	.0001a
within-person association	0.433	0.032	13.52	.0001a
Missing foods high in fat and/or calories					0.210
between-person association	−0.102	0.044	−2.33	.02
within-person association	−0.046	0.037	−1.24	.22
Amount of frustration					0.289
between-person association	−0.311	0.037	−8.44	.0001a
within-person association	−0.377	0.036	−10.54	.0001a
Number of days of self-weighing					0.229
between-person association	0.017	0.033	0.52	.61
within-person association	0.155	0.035	4.38	.0001a
Approach to thinking about weight control					0.307
between-person association	0.464	0.059	7.93	.0001a
within-person association	0.343	0.034	10.10	.0001a

^aDenotes statistically significant effect at p<.005; $R_{\epsilon }^2$ =estimate of within-person variance in satisfaction explained by the model