Parisa Homayounpour; mohammadreza seirafi; Sahar Ghareh
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Objective: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was originally developed to treat individuals with pervasive emotion dysregulation. Then it developed its approach in other disorders such as obesity. This research aims to found out the efficacy of DBT in the reduction of negative emotions (anxiety, depression, ...
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Objective: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) was originally developed to treat individuals with pervasive emotion dysregulation. Then it developed its approach in other disorders such as obesity. This research aims to found out the efficacy of DBT in the reduction of negative emotions (anxiety, depression, and anger) with weight loss in obese women with different reasons for obesity.Methods: The population of this quasi-experimental study consisted of 56 obese women with a body mass index more than 29.9 kg/m2. Descriptive statistics were computed for demographic information and self-report questionnaire. Anger, anxiety, and depression are three subscales of feelings that were tested by the 25 items of Emotional Eating Scale that was developed by Arnow, Kenardy and Agras in 1994.Results: The results demonstrated that negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, and depression, significantly (ρ-value<0.001) decrease in obese women by weight loss during the time. Mixed-effect modeling ANOVA repeated measurements were performed to study changes in variables over time.Conclusions: The results of the present study show that DBT-skills can be effective in decreasing emotion dysregulations and Body Mass Index (BMI).
mahnaz etefaghi; Mehrdad Sabet; Khadijeh Abolmaali Alhoseini
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Barlow's transdiagnostic, emotion-focused and mindfulness therapy on moderating the eating behavior of adults with obesity.
Method: The present research project was a semi-experimental with pretest, post test, and follow up with a ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Barlow's transdiagnostic, emotion-focused and mindfulness therapy on moderating the eating behavior of adults with obesity.
Method: The present research project was a semi-experimental with pretest, post test, and follow up with a control group. The statistical population included all people with obesity in Tehran. Sixty people were randomly selected through available sampling method and were assigned to four groups: (1) Barlow's transdiagnostic therapy, (2) emotion- focused therapy, (3) mindfulness-based therapy, and (4) control group. Data were analyzed using the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) in three stages: pre test, post test, and follow up, and were analyzed by mixed-variance analysis.
Results: The research findings showed the within effects significant (P<0.05) regarding emotional, environmental, and restricted eating. Regarding between effects, a significant and constant effectiveness was found in the subscale of emotional and restricted eating in emotion- focused therapy group and in the subscale of environmental eating in mindfulness-based therapy group (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Emotion- focused therapy can help people to moderate emotional and restricted eating through emotional experience and making sense of emotions, and mindfulness therapy can help people to moderate environmental eating by helping them focus on the present moment and break repetitive patterns.
