Situational management, standard setting, and self-reward in a behavior modification weight loss program.

In a comprehensive weight loss program, overweight women exposed to instruction in self-standard setting as well as to situational management techniques lost more weight than those instructed only in situational management techniques. Addition of instruction in self-reinforcement to standard setting and situational management failed to produce additional weight loss. (5 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)