Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Emotional Eating among Obese Women
Subject Areas : Educationalلیلی نوریان 1 , اصغر آقایی 2 , مریم قربانی 3
1 - کارشناس ارشد، گروه روانشناسی بالینی، دانشکدۀ علوم انسانی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد نجفآباد، اصفهان
2 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی اصفهان (خوراسگان)
3 - عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه پیام نور تهران، ایران
Keywords: emotional eating, obese women, acceptance and commitment therapy,
Abstract :
The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on emotional eating of obese women in Isfahan. The research used a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a one month follow up. Through convenience sampling method, 30 women with an obesity diagnosis were selected and then, were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. All participants completed the Dutch Eating Behaviors Questionnaire (Forman & Herbert, 2009) before intervention, at the end of the intervention and one month after intervention. The intervention involved 8 sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy, each lasting for 90 minutes, which were administered only to the experimental group. Results of covariance analysis showed a significant decrease in the amount of emotional eating in the eating behavior subscale at the post-test, and follow up stages (P < 0.05). In the eating desire subscale, there was a significant difference between the mean of experimental group and control group only in the follow up stage (P < 0.05). The findings of this study confirmed the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy on emotional eating of obese women.
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