This study aimed to investigate the Psychopathological Explanation of Obesity in Adolescents Girls based on Sensory Processing Patterns. The research method was descriptive and used a causal-comparative design and the sample consisted of 15 to 19-year-old girls living in Tehran. Participants in this study consisted of 50 girls whose body mass index was above 95 percentiles for the obese group and 50 girls with BMI between 25 and 75 percentiles for the normal-weight group (according to the World Health Organization’s tables illustrating cut-offs and BMI domains). Adolescents/Adult Sensory Profile (Brown & Dunn, 2002) was chosen as the data collecting instrument. Results from the MANOVA and chi-square test showed that the sensory avoiding pattern was a pattern with the most frequency and higher mean among obese adolescents. The sensory sensitivity style demonstrated a marginally significant difference between the two groups. The sensory seeking style was the dominant pattern in the non-obese group. The low registration style was not dominant in any of the groups. Findings showed that by identifying sensory processing patterns, the threshold of receiving stimuli, and common way of responding, predicting of behavioral patterns, and designing suitable strategies could be attainable.
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