Effectiveness of Multidimensional Spiritual Therapy with a Focus on Weight Loss and its effect on Emotional Stability, Self-Control, and Body Mass Index in Overweight Women

Subject Areas : Educational

mina shamsolahrari ¹ , shahnaz nouhi ² , ahmad alipor ³

1 - Psychology, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Psychology, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
3 - Associate Professor of Psychology, South Tehran Branch, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2020-06-06 Accepted : 2020-07-01 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Self-Control, Body Mass Index, emotional stability, Overweight women, Spiritual Multidimensional Therapy,

Abstract :

The aim this study was effectiveness of multidimensional spiritual therapy with a focus on weight loss and its effect  on emotional stability, self-control, and body mass index in overweight women. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with two experimental and control groups. The statistical population of all obese and overweight women referred to the Counseling and Psychology Clinic in District 3 of Tehran in 1398, and among them, 30 people were selected using the available sampling and were replaced in two experimental and control groups. . The Cattle Questionnaire (1973) was then completed by both groups, and both height and weight were measured. After that, a multidimensional spiritual therapy program with a focus on weight loss was implemented on the experimental group. The post-test was then performed. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 24 and covariance analysis method. The findings showed that multidimensional spiritual therapy with a focus on weight loss increased emotional stability and self-control, and decreased body mass index (P = 0.001). Therefore, it can be said that teaching weight loss methods, if accompanied by the element of spirituality, can both affect weight loss and affect the regulation of emotions.

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