A Comparison of Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT) on Physical-social anxiety in Obese Individuals

Objective: The present study was conducted to make a comparison between the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and emotion-focused therapy on Physical-social anxiety in obese individuals. Materials and Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test/post-test design and follow-up with a control group. ۴۵ women aged ۲۰ to ۳۰ were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and a control group (۱۵ people in each group). Then, the experimental groups were treated for ۸ treatment sessions, ۹۰ minutes each week. Results: The results showed, there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and emotion- focused therapy on Physical-social anxiety in obese women. Accordingly, acceptance and commitment therapy was more effective than emotion-focused therapy in reducing Physical-social anxiety in obese individuals. Conclusion: Acceptance and commitment therapy and emotion-focused therapy can be effective strategies for reducing socio-physical anxiety in overweight women.

کلیدواژه ها:

Acceptance and commitment therapy ، Emotion-focused therapy ، Physical-social anxiety ، Obesity