Church Dawson, Stapleton Peta, Sheppard Lily, Carter Brett
National Institute for Integrative Healthcare, Fulton, CA.
School of Psychology, Bond University, Gold Coast, Qld, Australia.
Explore (NY). 2018 Mar-Apr;14(2):131-136. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2017.10.009. Epub 2017 Dec 21.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Traditional methods of delivering therapeutic interventions have increasingly been supplemented by online courses. The current study investigated the effects of Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in 76 participants enrolled in a six-week online course called Naturally Thin You. Weight, restraint, the power of food in the external environment, happiness, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms were assessed before and after the course and at one-year follow-up.
Participants received six live group teleclasses, access to online course materials and a private social media group, and a year of monthly support teleclasses. No particular diet was recommended; the course focused instead on controlling emotional eating, and using EFT to treat the emotional triggers associated with food. Clinical EFTs Borrowing Benefits protocol, in which the group facilitator works with a single participant while others simultaneously self-apply EFT, was used during the teleclasses.
Repeated measures ANOVA compared scores pre- to 12-month follow-up, and significant improvements were found for body weight (P < .001), depression symptoms (P = 0.010), restraint (P = 0.025), and the subjective power of food in the external environment (P = 0.018). Weight decreased an average of 1lb/week during the course, and 2lb/month between pretest and one-year follow-up. On follow-up, no change was observed in PTSD symptoms measured by a brief civilian trauma checklist, or anxiety, and increases in happiness were non-significant. The results indicate Clinical EFTs utility to address the influence of food in the external environment and assist weight loss, and to promote beneficial long-term change when delivered in an online format.
背景/目的：传统的治疗干预方法越来越多地得到在线课程的补充。本研究调查了临床情绪释放疗法（EFT）对76名参加名为“自然瘦你”的六周在线课程的参与者的影响。在课程前后以及一年随访时评估了体重、克制力、外部环境中食物的影响力、幸福感和创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）症状。
参与者参加了六次现场小组电话课程，可访问在线课程材料和一个私人社交媒体群组，并获得为期一年的每月一次的支持电话课程。未推荐特定饮食；该课程重点在于控制情绪化饮食，并使用情绪释放疗法来治疗与食物相关的情绪触发因素。在电话课程中使用了临床情绪释放疗法的“借势受益”方案，即小组指导者与一名参与者合作，而其他参与者同时自行应用情绪释放疗法。
重复测量方差分析比较了随访前至12个月的得分，发现体重（P <.001）、抑郁症状（P = 0.01）、克制力（P = 0.025）和外部环境中食物的主观影响力（P = 0.018）有显著改善。课程期间体重平均每周下降1磅，从预测试到一年随访期间每月下降2磅。在随访中，通过简短的平民创伤清单测量的创伤后应激障碍症状或焦虑没有变化，幸福感的增加也不显著。结果表明，临床情绪释放疗法在解决外部环境中食物的影响、辅助减肥以及以在线形式提供时促进有益的长期改变方面具有实用性。
