The effect of of Acceptance Commitment Therapy On the Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Weight in Overweight Women

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Sahar Ashrafi ¹ , Abdolmajid Bahreinian ² , Kobra Hajializadeh ³ , Ali Delavar ⁴

1 - PhD Candidate in general psychology, Department of psychology, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
2 - Professor of Clinical Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding author)[e-mail]
3 - Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of psychology, Bandar Abbas Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
4 - Professor of Psychology, Allame Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-10-15 Accepted : 2021-12-21 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: overweight, body weight, acceptance and commitment therapy, Body Deformity Disorder,

Abstract :

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Weight of overweight women. The method of this study was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all overweight women with BMI greater than 30 in Tehran who referred to psychiatric centers in order to receive psychological treatment. The sample consisted of 40 statistical Population who were selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The research instrument was Yale and add date body deformity scale questionnaire. Acceptance and commitment therapy sessions were conducted in a group in 8 sessions of 60 minutes and one session per week. The control group received no treatment during this period. Covariance analysis was used for data analysis and SPSS.25 software was used at the significant level of 0.05. Findings showed that acceptance and commitment therapy was effective on Body Dysmorphic Disorder (P<0.001) and Weight (P<0.001) in overweight women. In general, the results indicated a significant effect of a course of acceptance and commitment therapy on the variables of body deformity disorder and weight loss in overweight women, and this method can be used for the neurological treatment of overweight people.

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