Stapleton Peta, Church Dawson, Sheldon Terri, Porter Brett, Carlopio Cassandra
Department of Psychology, School of Humanities (Psychology), Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD 4229, Australia.
ISRN Psychiatry. 2013 Jul 28;2013:573532. doi: 10.1155/2013/573532. eCollection 2013.
Ninety-six overweight or obese adults were randomly allocated to a four-week EFT treatment or waitlist condition. Waitlist participants crossed over to the EFT group upon completion of wait period. Degree of food craving, perceived power of food, restraint capabilities, and psychological symptoms were assessed at pretreatment, posttreatment and at 12-month follow-up for combined EFT groups. Significant improvements in weight, body mass index, food cravings, subjective power of food, craving restraint and psychological coping for EFT participants from pretreatment to 12-month follow-up (P < 0.05) were reported. The current paper isolates the depression symptom levels of participants, as well as levels of eight other psychological conditions. Significant decreases from pre- to posttreatment were found for depression, interpersonal sensitivity, obsessive-compulsivity, paranoid ideation, and somatization (P < 0.05). Significant decreases from pretreatment to 12-month follow-up were found for depression, interpersonal sensitivity, psychoticism, and hostility. The results point to the role depression, and other mental health conditions may play in the successful maintenance of weight loss.
96名超重或肥胖的成年人被随机分配到为期四周的情绪释放疗法（EFT）治疗组或候补名单组。候补名单组的参与者在等待期结束后转入EFT组。对合并的EFT组在治疗前、治疗后和12个月随访时评估食物渴望程度、食物感知力量、克制能力和心理症状。报告显示，EFT参与者从治疗前到12个月随访时，体重、体重指数、食物渴望、食物主观力量、渴望克制和心理应对方面有显著改善（P<0.05）。本文分离出了参与者的抑郁症状水平以及其他八种心理状况的水平。发现从治疗前到治疗后，抑郁、人际敏感、强迫观念、偏执观念和躯体化症状有显著下降（P<0.05）。发现从治疗前到12个月随访时，抑郁、人际敏感、精神质和敌意有显著下降。结果表明抑郁和其他心理健康状况可能在成功维持体重减轻方面发挥作用。
