Effectiveness of Bioenergy Economy Intervention on Self-compassion, Self-efficacy, and Weight Loss

GHassemi, Zahra; Vahedi, Shahram; Tabatabaei, Seyed Mahmoud; Alivandi Vafa, Marizyeh

doi:10.30473/ijohp.2021.55204.1127

Document Type : research

Authors

¹ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

² Department of education, Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

³ Department of Physiology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

⁴ Department of Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30473/ijohp.2021.55204.1127

Abstract

Objective: Obesity is one of the risk factors for various diseases as well as mortality and women suffer from it more than men. Therefore, this study was conducted to design and evaluate the effectiveness of bioenergy economy intervention on self-compassion, self-efficacy, and weight loss in women with obesity.
Methods: The design of the present study is quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, and control groups. The statistical population of the study included obese people who were referred to psychological counselling centres and nutrition clinics in Tehran in the spring and summer of 2019. Fifty obese women were selected by convenient sampling method and randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. The Self-compassion scales of Neff and self-efficacy questionnaires of Scherer et al. were used to collect data. The weight and body mass index of participants were also calculated. Based on instructions of the bioenergy economy protocol of the American University of Medical Energy, a special training package for obesity was designed and was provided to the intervention group during 8 sessions of 120 minutes for 8 weeks. Data analysis was performed by analysis of covariance using SPSS software version 24.
Results: The results showed the effectiveness of the bioenergy economy on self-compassion and self-efficacy (P<0.01).
Conclusion: With this description, it can be claimed that effective interventions such as bioenergy economy can be used to increase the health and self-care of people with obesity to prevent the destructive effects of obesity and its complications.

Keywords

Article Title [Persian]

اثربخشی مداخله اقتصاد زیست انرژی بر شفقت به خود، خودکارآمدی و کاهش وزن زنان مبتلا به چاقی

Authors [Persian]

زهرا قاسمی ¹
شهرام واحدی ²
سید محمود طباطبایی ³
مرضیه علیوندی وفا ⁴

¹ دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تبریز - دانشکده علوم انسانی و روانشناسی

² استاد دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی دانشگاه تبریز

³ استادیار دانشکده فیزیولوژی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی تبریز

⁴ استادیار دانشکده روانشناسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی تبریز

Abstract [Persian]

چاقی یکی از عوامل خطر برای ابتلا به بیماری های مختلف و همچنین مرگ و میر می باشد و زنان بیش از مردان به آن مبتلا هستند. این مطالعه با هدف طراحی و بررسی اثربخشی مداخله اقتصادزیست انرژی بر شفقت به خود، خودکارآمدی و کاهش وزن زنان مبتلا به چاقی مفرط انجام شد. روش پژوهش حاضر، طرح نیمه تجربی با پیش آزمون، پس آزمون و گروه کنترل است. جامعه آماری پژوهش افراد مبتلا به چاقی مراجعه کننده به مراکز مشاوره روانشناختی و کلینیک‌های تغذیه شهر تهران در فصل بهار و تابستان سال 1398 بود. تعداد 50نفر زن مبتلا به چاقی با روش نمونه گیری دردسترس انتخاب و در دو گروه آزمایش و کنترل به صورت تصادفی گماشته شدند. برای جمع‌آوری داده ها از پرسشنامه‌های شفقت به خود نف وپرسشنامه خودکارآمدی شرر و همکاران استفاده شد. وزن و شاخص توده بدنی شرکت کنندگان محاسبه و براساس دستورالعمل پروتکل اقتصاد زیست انرژی دانشگاه انرژی پزشکی کالیفرنیا آمریکا، بسته آموزشی اختصاصی برای چاقی طراحی شد و گروه آزمایشی به مدت 8 هفته تحت آموزش با این پروتکل قرار گرفت. تجزیه و تحلیل داده ها با آزمون تحلیل کواریانس، درنرم افزار SPSS نسخه 24 انجام گرفت. نتایج یافته ها حاکی از اثربخشی روش اقتصاد زیست انرژی بر متغیرهای شفقت به خود وخودکارآمدی بود(01/0> P). با این توصیف می توان گفت، برای جلوگیری از اثرات مخرب چاقی و عوارض آن، می توان از مداخلات موثری همچون اقتصاد زیست انرژی به منظور بالا بردن سلامت‌زایی و ‌‌خویش مراقبتی افراد مبتلا به چاقی بهره گرفت.

Keywords [Persian]

"اقتصاد زیست انرژی"
"چاقی"
"شفقت به خود"
خودکارآمدی"
"کاهش وزن"

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Effectiveness of Bioenergy Economy Intervention on Self-compassion, Self-efficacy, and Weight Loss

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Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 10December 2021Pages 27-46

Volume 4, Issue 4 - Serial Number 10
December 2021
Pages 27-46