Comparison the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and physical exercise (yoga) on experience of shame and self-efficacy in women with binge eating

Binge eating as a common health problem in the world is associated with several negative health effects and consequences. The purpose of this study was to comparison the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and physical exercise (yoga) on experience of shame and self-efficacy in women with binge eating.

This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up 2 month. The statistical population was all women with binge eating disorder in Tehran city in year of 2022-2023. In the first stage, 60 women were selected and then randomly divided into 2 experimental groups (each group 20 women) and one control group (20 women) were replaced and experimental groups underwent emotion-focused therapy and physical exercise (yoga), but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data binge eating scale of Gormally, internal shame of Cook, the other as shamer scale of Goss and weight efficacy life style questionnaire of Clark. Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software with analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni.

The results of the study showed that of both interventions had a significant effect on internal shame (P<0.05). But, therapeutic interventions were not significant in improving the external shame and self-efficacy. In addition, the results of Bonferroni post hoc test showed that emotion-focused therapy is more effective on internal shame (P<0.05).

The emotion-focused therapy can reduce internal shame in women with binge eating, and its effect remains constant after two months. It can be useful in the treatment of binge eating.