The effect of positive psychotherapy (PPT) on Signs of depression and self steem of obese women

Subject Areas : Educational

fatemeh  saadatbin javaheri ¹ (Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran)
mansor  hakim javadi ² (Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran)
Reza  soltani shal ³ (Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran)

Received: 2019-05-30 Accepted : 2020-10-05 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: Depression, Positive Psychotherapy, self steem, Obesity,

Abstract :

Obesity as an epidemic disease plays an important role in the development of several Psychological disorders in obese people. In the same vein the main purpose of­this article is determining the effectiveness of positive­­-psychotherapy in­the reduction of sings of depression and self-steem in obese ­women. For this­ aim, a single-case experimental trial of multiple-baseline type was carried out. To conduct the study,4 people with symptoms of depression and low self-esteem were selected from among the applicants who had contacted following an announcement in cyberspace about holding positive­ psycho therapy sessions to reduce the psychological damage caused by obesity. 3 participants cooperated until the end. First, for each participant, between 2 and4 baseline sessions were held at random. Assessments were performed using the Depression (Goldberg, 1972) and Self-Esteem (Cooper Smith, 1967) Questionnaires of the intervention and follow-up sessions. Data were presented using visual analysis, charting, descriptive statistics index and calculation of recovery percentage. The results showed that positive-psychotherapy was effective in reducing depressive symptoms and increasing self-esteem in obese­­women. Positive­psychotherapy interventions can replace positive­ thoughts with negative ones in­obese­people, which­can improve depression and increase self-esteem. The results of a three-month follow-up period also showed that positive-psychotherapy for depression was still present while 

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