Effectiveness of Emotion-focused Therapy on Depression and Anxiety in Women with Binge Eating Disorder referring to Sina Hospital in 1396

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1 PhD Student in Clinical Psychology of University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences in Tehran, Iran

2 Master's Degree in Counseling, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Abstract
Introduction: The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of Emotion-focused therapy
(EFT) on depression and anxiety in women with binge eating disorder.
Materials and Methods: This study was semi experimental pretest - posttest with follow-up session after 6 weeks with the control group. The population of the study include all women with binge eating disorder in Tehran that referred to the obesity treatment, and 16 people were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly divided into two groups (8 control) and (8 experimental). Then two groups completed the Beck Anxiety Inventory ( BAI) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). After data collection, analysis was done by multivariate covariance analysis )MANCOVA) using SPSS-24 software. The significance level was considered at (α>0.05)
Results: The mean scores of depression in the experimental group in the pre-test, post-test, follow up, were respectively (42.7, 31.8, 31.5) and in the control group were (41.1, 42.1, 40.1) also, the mean of anxiety in the experimental group in the pre-test, post-test, follow up were (37.7, 25.1, 27.6) and in the control group (36.2, 35.2, 37.3). It can be said that reduction in mean score of anxiety and depression is seen in the experimental group. And these differences were significant between two groups (α ≤ 0.05).
Conclusion: Emotion-focused therapy by strengthening emotional processing and emotional awareness makes changes in the emotional schemas and by replacing compatible response, led to reduction in anxiety and depression in the women with binge eating disorder.

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Volume 21, Issue 65
May 2018
Pages 11-22

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