The Effect of Mindfulness Training on Body Image, Impulsiveness and Social Adjustment in 14-18 Years Old Obese Teen Girls

Subject Areas : Educational

Maryam Sepyani ¹ , Malihe Sadat Kazemi ²

1 - Clinical Psychology, Education and Psychology Department, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2019-12-08 Accepted : 2020-11-04 Published : 2022-11-22

Keywords: impulsivity, social adjustment, body image, Obesity, mindfulness,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of mindfulness training on body image, impulsivity and social adjustment in obese girls in Najafabad city. The research method was quasi-experimental, pre-test and post-test with control group. And the Statistical population, was all the obese girls at the first half of 1397 in Najafabad city . At first, 30 female high school students in grade 1 and 2 with a range of 14 to 18 years old who were considered obese according to the body mass index (BMI) were selected purposefully. Then they were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups (each group was 15). Both groups answered to three questionnaires before training: Multidimensional Body Relationships, (Cache, 1990), Barratt impulsivity Inventory,  (Patton, Stanford & Barratt, 1995) and California Social Adaptation Inventory (Thorpe, Clark & Tiegs, 1939). The experimental group underwent mindfulness training (8 sessions; 90 minutes) and after completing the training, the questionnaires were completed by both groups. Data were analyzed using multivariate covariance with SPSS 21 software. The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in body image, impulsivity and social adjustment (P <0.01). Also, a comparison of the scores in the post-test scores of the antisocial orientation component showed that the experimental group obtained higher scores than the control group and showed that the experimental group, after training the mindfulness training, in the anti-antithesis component. It has had better social, adaptability and performance. Therefore, Mindfulness training can be effective in improving body image, impulsivity and social adaptability.

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