1- Department of Psychology,Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University
2- Department of Psychology,Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University; Department of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran
3- Department of Psychology, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University
4- Department of Motor Behavior, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University
2- Department of Psychology,Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University; Department of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran
3- Department of Psychology, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University
4- Department of Motor Behavior, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University
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Background and Objectives: Obesity is a complex and multifactorial phenomenon and its control and treatment is outside the scope of a single discipline. Emotion regulation is considered as one of the dimensions of obesity pathology.Inability to regulate emotion also affect eating behavior. Other psychological factor that may play an important role in obesity among obese women is life orientation. Mindfullness-based stress reduction have shown to be effective on psychological and behavioral characteristics of obese women. mindfullness-based stress reduction is the way in which mental skills are developed. This approach combines mental meditation, body cognition and yoga.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfullness-based stress reduction therapy in emotion regulation and life orientation among obese women.
Methods: The present research was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test , follow-up and control group. The statistical population included all obese women who referred to counseling centers during 12 months from mid2018 to mid2019 in Malayer city (n=492). Sample size was selected based on the minimum sample size in experimental studies. 30 people (2 groups of 15 people including 1 experimental and 1 control groups) were selected as the study sample using the available sampling method. Inclusion criteria were body mass index of 30 and above, satisfaction with participating in the counseling course, not being under other psychological therapies and not receiving psychological treatment. Subjects responded to Cognitive Emotion Regulation Qestionnare (Granefski et al., 2001), and life Orientation test Revised (Scheier et al., 1994) questionairs before and after the interventios and in the follow-up phase (after three months). Experimental group received mindfulness program in 8 sessions of 90 minutes. The groups answered the questionnaires in pre-test, post-test and follow-up evaluations.
Data were analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Repeated measures analyses of variance were applied in SPSS software at the significance level of 0.05.
Results: First, the necessary assumptions on the research variables were examined including the assumptions of normality (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test), homogeneity of variance-covariance matrices (Mbox test), error variance of dependent variables (Levin test) and matrix homogeneity. There was a significant difference between post-test and follow-up compared to the pre-test scores, considering the effect of time as well as the effect of group. Mochley’s sphericity test showed that the sphericity was met. The results of the analysis of variance test with repeated measurement in the post-test and follow-up showed that the mindfulness treatment based on stress reduction had a significant effect on the positive emotion regulation of obese women and the scores increased. But this treatment has been effective in regulating negative emotions in a different way and has caused a significant decrease in scores in the experimental group. Mindfulness therapy based on stress reduction had a significant effect on the life orientation of obese women and the scores of the experimental group increased. Also, the re-measurement of these variables after three months to follow up the changes showed the stability of the changes over time (P<0.001).
Conclusion: mindfullness-based stress reduction group therapy can increase positive emotion and life orientation and decrease negative emotion by changing people's lifestyles and thoughts and cognitions. .In the mindfulness approach, people with mindfulness exercises realize the connection between thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations at every moment. Mindfulness focuses one's attention on the present and helps one to accept events without trying to change them and to deal with psychological actions that occur automatically.
Methods: The present research was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test , follow-up and control group. The statistical population included all obese women who referred to counseling centers during 12 months from mid2018 to mid2019 in Malayer city (n=492). Sample size was selected based on the minimum sample size in experimental studies. 30 people (2 groups of 15 people including 1 experimental and 1 control groups) were selected as the study sample using the available sampling method. Inclusion criteria were body mass index of 30 and above, satisfaction with participating in the counseling course, not being under other psychological therapies and not receiving psychological treatment. Subjects responded to Cognitive Emotion Regulation Qestionnare (Granefski et al., 2001), and life Orientation test Revised (Scheier et al., 1994) questionairs before and after the interventios and in the follow-up phase (after three months). Experimental group received mindfulness program in 8 sessions of 90 minutes. The groups answered the questionnaires in pre-test, post-test and follow-up evaluations.
Data were analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Repeated measures analyses of variance were applied in SPSS software at the significance level of 0.05.
Results: First, the necessary assumptions on the research variables were examined including the assumptions of normality (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test), homogeneity of variance-covariance matrices (Mbox test), error variance of dependent variables (Levin test) and matrix homogeneity. There was a significant difference between post-test and follow-up compared to the pre-test scores, considering the effect of time as well as the effect of group. Mochley’s sphericity test showed that the sphericity was met. The results of the analysis of variance test with repeated measurement in the post-test and follow-up showed that the mindfulness treatment based on stress reduction had a significant effect on the positive emotion regulation of obese women and the scores increased. But this treatment has been effective in regulating negative emotions in a different way and has caused a significant decrease in scores in the experimental group. Mindfulness therapy based on stress reduction had a significant effect on the life orientation of obese women and the scores of the experimental group increased. Also, the re-measurement of these variables after three months to follow up the changes showed the stability of the changes over time (P<0.001).
Conclusion: mindfullness-based stress reduction group therapy can increase positive emotion and life orientation and decrease negative emotion by changing people's lifestyles and thoughts and cognitions. .In the mindfulness approach, people with mindfulness exercises realize the connection between thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations at every moment. Mindfulness focuses one's attention on the present and helps one to accept events without trying to change them and to deal with psychological actions that occur automatically.
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