Identification of Psychological Risk and Protective Factors of Obesity in Women

Alipour, Gita; Abolghasemi, Abbas; Akbari, Bahman

doi:10.30473/ijohp.2025.67091.1302

Document Type : research

Authors

¹ Ph.D. student,, Department Of psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.

² Professor, Department Of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Univercity of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

³ Professor, Department Of Psychology, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran

10.30473/ijohp.2025.67091.1302

Abstract

Objective: Obesity is a complex, multifactorial, chronic, and progressive disease that has become a crucial public health problem worldwide. Therefore, it seems necessary to identify risk and protective factors to prevent obesity and treat obesity. This study aims to identify the risk and protective factors of obesity in women.
Method: The study was descriptive-correlational. The research sample consisted of 429 overweight and obese women, selected through voluntary sampling. To collect data, a physical activity questionnaire, core beliefs of eating questionnaire, self-criticism questionnaire, shame and guilt scale, self-esteem scale, body image concern questionnaire, stress-anxiety-depression questionnaire, and weight self-efficacy questionnaire were used. The obtained data were analyzed using stepwise regression using SPSS 24.
Results: The findings showed that among obesity risk factors (core beliefs of eating, self-criticism, shame and guilt, concern about body image, stress-anxiety-depression), the core beliefs of eating, stress, and depression can predict obesity. Also, the research results showed that among obesity protective factors (weight self-efficacy, self-esteem, and physical activity), weight self-efficacy can predict obesity improvement more than other variables.
Conclusion: Based on the results of the present research, we can say that the variables of core beliefs about eating, stress, and depression as risk factors and the variable of self-efficacy as a protective factor can predict body mass index.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Psychological aspects in health and diseases

Article Title [Persian]

شناسایی عوامل خطر و محافظت‌کننده روانشناختی چاقی در زنان

Authors [Persian]

گیتا علی پور ¹
عباس ابوالقاسمی ²
بهمن اکبری ³

¹ دانشجوی دکترا، گروه روان‌شناسی، واحد رشت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، رشت، ایران

² استاد ،گروه روان‌شناسی، دانشکده ادبیات و علوم انسانی، دانشگاه گیلان، رشت، ایران

³ استاد، گروه روان‌شناسی، واحد رشت، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، رشت، ایران

Abstract [Persian]

هدف: چاقی یک بیماری پیچیده چند عاملی، مزمن و پیشرونده است که به یک مشکل عمده بهداشت عمومی در سراسر دنیا تبدیل شده است. وجود عوامل خطر و حافظ نقش مهمی در چاقی داشته است. بنابراین، شناسایی عوامل محافظ جهت پیشگیری از ابتلا به چاقی و درمان آن ضروری به نظر می‌رسد. از این‌رو، پژوهش حاضر با هدف شناسایی عوامل خطر و محافظت‌کننده چاقی در زنان انجام شد.
روش: این پژوهش توصیفی، از نوع همبستگی است و نمونه پژوهش 429 زن مبتلا به اضافه‌وزن و چاق بود که به روش نمونه‌گیری داوطلبانه انتخاب شدند. برای جمع آوری داده ها از پرسشنامه فعالیت بدنی، پرسشنامه باورهسته ای خوردن ، پرسشنامه خودانتقادی، مقیاس شرم و احساس گناه، مقیاس عزت نفس، پرسشنامه نگرانی از تصویر بدن، پرسشنامه استرس- اضطراب- افسردگی، پرسشنامه خودکارآمدی وزن استفاده شد. داده های بدست آمده به روش رگرسیون گام به گام و با استفاده از spss24 تجزیه و تحلیل شد.
یافته‌ها: تحلیل رگرسیون گام به گام نشان داد که از میان مؤلفه‌های باور هسته ای خوردن، خودانتقادی، شرم و احساس گناه، نگرانی از تصویربدن، استرس-اضطراب-افسردگی به عنوان عوامل خطر چاقی، باور خوردن، استرس، افسردگی و از بین مؤلفه-های فعالیت بدنی، عزت‌نفس و خودکارآمدی به عنوان عوامل محافظت‌کننده، خودکارآمدی قادر است بهبود چاقی را پیش-بینی کنند. بحث و نتیجه‌گیری: براساس نتایج حاصل از پژوهش حاضر، می‌توان گفت که متغیرهای باورهای هسته‌ای خوردن، استرس و افسردگی به عنوان عوامل خطر و متغیر خودکارآمدی به عنوان عامل محافظ توان پیش‌بینی شاخص توده بدنی را دارد.

Keywords [Persian]

عوامل خطر
عوامل محافظت‌کننده
عوامل روانشناختی
چاقی
زنان

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