Abstract
This research is a semi-experimental research (pretest-posttest with control group) with the purpose of surveying the effectiveness of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) on clinical symptoms, self-efficacy and body image of people with bulimia disorder. Statistical population of this study was women with bulimia disorder referred to nutrition clinics in Mashhad. The statistical sample of this research was 40 women with bulimia disorder chosen randomly by convenience sampling method and divided into two groups (20 women in experimental group and 20 women in control group), randomly. Applied tools were clinical symptoms questionnaire made by researcher, Sherer self-efficacy questionnaire and PSDQ (Physical Self-Description Questionnaire). For experimental group, Dialectical Behavior Therapy training sessions were held during 12 sessions, 75 minutes per session. During this time, control group didn’t get any intervention. After the 12th session, research tools performed on subjects again, as posttest. The data of questionnaires were analyzed by descriptive statistic methods of mean and standard deviation, and Inferential statistics of covariance analysis. The results showed that the clinical symptoms of experimental group were decreased comparing to control group, and self-efficacy and self-descriptin were increased. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n3s3p136
Highlights
Eating disorders are syndromes in which cognitive changes related to food, body weight and bad-eating habits can cause threatening effects to life according to nutrition and medicin
Bulimia is rifer than anorexia, and its prevalence estimation is between 2 to 4 percent among young women
Causes less numbers of death, and its comparative or complete improvement rate is higher
Summary
Eating disorders are syndromes in which cognitive changes related to food, body weight and bad-eating habits can cause threatening effects to life according to nutrition and medicin. Three types of eating disorders have been identified, including anorexia, bulimia and disorders with no special category Eating disorder is the rifest psychiatric problem among young women and it causes a big number of death. Bulimia is rifer than anorexia, and its prevalence estimation is between 2 to 4 percent among young women. Its prevalence rate among women is 10 times much than men, but its start age at adolescence is later that start age of anorexia. Causes less numbers of death, and its comparative or complete improvement rate is higher. Bulimia is a mental disorder that is identified by eating a big amount of food in a short time and purifying extra calories by vomiting or other extremist actions (Halgin RP, Whitborne SK, 2002)
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