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Validation of a Psychosocial Intervention on Body Image in Older People: An Experimental Design
Published on: May 31, 2021
The effectiveness of pubertal health group counseling based on problem-solving, on body image concerns and anxiety in
Sana Nazmi1, Hossein-Ali Nikbakht2, Zeinab Gholamnia-Shirvani3
1Student Research Committee, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, I.R.Iran.
Background:
Body image concerns are accepted as a pervasive problem by a large segment of society. Problem-solving counseling is one of the practical counseling techniques that mainly focuses on improving people's adaptability in stressful situations. We intend to determine the effectiveness of pubertal health group counseling based on problem-solving on body image concerns and anxiety in adolescent girls.
Materials And Methods:
A semi-experimental study will be conducted on 12-13 years old students in Babol (Mazandaran, Iran). One hundred people were determined as the final Sample size (50 people in each group) and will be selected to enter the study. A multistage sampling method will be used. The students of the intervention group will receive the necessary training in the problem-solving method regarding pubertal health, once a week for six weeks. Students in the control group will not receive education during the intervention period. Sociodemographic questionnaire, Littleton's body image concern, and Zong's anxiety will be used to evaluate students' body image concerns and anxiety. Analyzes will be done by statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) version 25 software and a significance level of 5% will be considered. Descriptive statistics and frequency percentage will be determined for classification variables. Median, range, and mean along with standard deviations (SD) will be calculated. The Chi-square test, Repeated Measures ANOVA and ANCOVA test will be used in this study. Percentage prevalence for each categorical variable is calculated with 95% confidence interval (CI).
Discussion:
The effectiveness of counseling based on problem-solving has been reported in various studies on adolescent puberty health concerns and common adolescent mental health problems, hence its application on girls' body image can be effective.
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