Comparison the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy and diet therapy on self-esteem and social pressure in obese people

Present research aimed to comparison the effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy and diet therapy on self-esteem and social pressure in obese people. This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design. The research statistical population was included all obese people referring to psychological counseling centers and nutrition clinics of Tehran city in autumn and winter of 2017 year. The research sample was 30 obese people that were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups. The groups trained 10 sessions (weekly one session), so that the cognitive behavioral therapy group was trained by a specialist of clinical psychologist and a diet therapy group was trained by a nutritionist. Self-esteem and social pressure were measured in pre-test and post-test phases. The data were analyzed by T-Test and MANCOVA methods with using SPSS-21 software. The findings showed that both two methods of cognitive behavior therapy and diet therapy were effective on increase self-esteem and decrease social pressure in obese people. Also cognitive behavior therapy in comparison diet therapy significantly led to increase self-esteem and decrease social pressure of obese people (P<0/01). Therefore, both two methods can be used by counselors and therapists in order to increase self-esteem and decrease social pressure of obese people.