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The effect of treatment attributions on the maintenance of weight reduction: A replication and extension

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of California, 90024, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Janet L. Sonne

  2. University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

    Dean Janoff

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The authors thank Richard Lan for his assistance in the data analysis and Andrew Christensen for his helpful comments on the final manuscript. The authors made equal contributions to the present study and either author's name may appear first in subsequent citation.

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Sonne, J.L., Janoff, D. The effect of treatment attributions on the maintenance of weight reduction: A replication and extension. Cogn Ther Res 3, 389–397 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01184454

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