The Effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Therapy Group on Difficulties in Emotion Regulation and Health Promoting Lifestyle in Obese Women
Publish place: International Journal of Health Studies، Vol: 6، Issue: 2
Publish Year: 1398
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زبان: English
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Abstract:
Background: Obesity is one of the most common problems between
women, which leads to many chronic diseases such as heart disease
and cancer. Various factors, including emotional problems and
lifestyle, play a special role in the obesity of women. The purpose of the
present study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotion-focused
therapy group (EFT-G) on the difficulties in emotion regulation and
the health-promoting lifestyle of obese women referred to nutrition
clinics in Mashhad in ۲۰۱۸.
Methods: In this study, twenty-four obese volunteer women were
selected and assigned to two experimental (n=۱۲) and control (n=۱۲)
groups. One meeting was held to explain the aims of the research and
intervention. The experimental group received ۹۰-minute weekly
sessions for ۲.۵ months (۱۰ sessions), while the control group did not
receive any intervention. Before and after the training phase, all of the
participants completed the demographic questionnaire. Finally, they
had also completed the difficulties in emotion regulation scale and the
health-promoting lifestyle profile. Data were analyzed by using SPSS
۲۲ software.
Results: The outcomes of data analysis by using one-way and
multivariate covariance analysis indicated that the EFT-G significantly
reduced the overall score of difficulties of emotion regulation in obese
women (Pvalue≤۰.۰۰۱).These outcomes also represented that the
health promotion lifestyle of mentioned women had significant
improvement (Pvalue≤۰.۰۰۱).
Conclusions: Generally, the results showed that the EFT-G leads to a
decrease in the scores of difficulties in emotion regulation and an
increase in the scores of health promotion lifestyle is relevant to obese
women. Furthermore, this study illustrated that EFT-G can improve the
difficulties in emotion regulation and the health promotion lifestyle of
obese women.
Keywords:
Emotion-focused therapy group , Obesity , Difficulties in emotion regulation , Health promotion lifestyle
Authors
Reza Yaghoubi
Department of Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran
Mohammad Hossein Bayazi
Department of Psychology, Torbat-e-Jam Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e-Jam, Iran
Mahnaz Babaei
Department of psychology, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran
Javanshir Asadi
Department of Psychology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran