Nourian, L., Aghaei, A., & Ghorbani, M. (2015). Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on emotional eating among obese women. KNOWLEDGE & RESEARCH IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY SUMMER 2015 , Volume 16 , Number 2 (60); Page(s) 15 To 23.
The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on emotional eating of obese women in Isfahan. The research used a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a one month follow up. Through convenience sampling method, 30 women with an obesity diagnosis were selected and then, were randomly assigned into experimental and control groups. All participants completed the Dutch Eating Behaviors Questionnaire (Forman & Herbert, 2009) before intervention, at the end of the intervention and one month after intervention. The intervention involved 8 sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy, each lasting for 90 minutes, which were administered only to the experimental group. Results of covariance analysis showed a significant decrease in the amount of emotional eating in the eating behavior subscale at the post-test, and follow up stages (P<0.05). In the eating desire subscale, there was a significant difference between the mean of experimental group and control group only in the follow up stage (P<0.05). The findings of this study confirmed the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy on emotional eating of obese women.