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| Published: December 25, 2015

Investigating the Effect of Diet Therapy on Reducing Women's Overall Self-Esteem

Moghadam, Safoura ,

M.Sc. in Counseling and Guidance, Islamic Azad University of Khomeini-Shahr, Isfahan, Iran Google Scholar More about the auther

Niknejadi, Farzaneh ,

PHD in Philosophy-Pedagogy and Education Development, Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University of Khomeini-Shahr, Isfahan, Iran Google Scholar More about the auther

Irvani, Mohammad-Reza

PHD in Social Working, Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University of Khomeini-Shahr, Isfahan, Iran Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.132/20150301

DOI: 10.25215/0301.132

ABSTRACT

Overweight and obesity make physical and psychological complications for people. In this regard, Low self-esteem will be the most important psychological condition. This study investigates the effect of diet therapy of women (reduction in body mass) on reducing their overall self-esteem. The population of the study was the women who were referred to diet therapy clinic in Isfahan (2014). The number of 30 subjects among them was selected. In order to measure women\'s self-esteem, Cooper Smith Self-Esteem Test is used for demographic data, a self-measured questionnaire was used. Analysis of the data in the study was descriptive and inferential statistics. The results show that there is a significant difference between the self-esteem of women in four steps that indicate an effective diet therapy (reduction of body mass) on reducing self-esteem of women between the four stages It means that it leads to low self-esteem in women\'s diet therapy (0.05> P).
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Moghadam, Safoura @ safoura.moghadam.esf@gmail.com

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ISSN 2349-3429

DIP: 18.01.132/20150301

DOI: 10.25215/0301.132

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Published in   Volume 03, Issue 1, October-December, 2015