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Eating attitude in the obese patients: the evaluation in terms of relational factors

ACCESSIBLE SUMMARY • Obesity has become an important health problem because of the gradually increasing incidence seen within all age groups. People with obesity problems are affected lifespan and health negatively. • Obesity can be described as disease that affects lifespan and health negatively, because of body fat deposition. • The eating attitudes, body perception, strategies for coping with stress in patient being treated for obesity and investigated the relationship between their eating attitudes and socio-demographic characteristics, body perceptions and strategies of coping with stress. • Misperception of the body and the ability to solve the problem increased as eating attitude defects increased. A positive correlation was between the eating attitude defects and habitude of pursing social support and ability of coping. ABSTRACT Obesity, a complex disease, involves many psychological problems besides eating disorders. In this study, we aimed to examine the relationship between the eating attitude and body perception, which is thought to affect the eating attitude in the patients diagnosed as obese, the ability to solve the problem, the strategy of coping with stress and some socio-demographic features. A total of 99 adults aged between 20 and 68 years, who were examined in the Polyclinic of Endocrinology and Metabolism Diseases, Ege University, Türkiye, constituted the sample of the study. Eating Attitude Test, The Body Perception Scale and The Scale of Coping with Strategies were used in order to collect the data. Misperception of the body and the ability to solve the problem increased as eating attitude defects increased. A positive correlation was determined between the eating attitude defects and the habitude of pursuing social support and the ability of coping.

Bir grup sağlık çalışanında öfke ve mizaç özellikleri: İlişkisel bir inceleme / Anger and temperament characteristics of a group of health workers: a relational analysis

Anger and temperament characteristics of a group of health workers: a relational analysis Objective: The aim of this cross-sectional, causal study was to determine the temperament characteristics, anger and associated variables of medical secretaries. Methods: The study population included medical secretaries working in a university hospital. The sample of the study included 95 individuals who agreed to participate in this research. Study data were obtained using the Socio-demographic Data Form, Temperament and Character Inventory, Trait Anger Expression Inventory. Results: Trait anger was higher in men and divorced ones. Outward anger was higher in individuals with higher level of education. A positive correlation was determined between inward anger and self-transcendence scores of participants. A negative correlation was determined between outward anger and self-transcendence, cooperation, persistence, reward dependence, harm avoidance, novelty seeking scores of participants. A positive correlation was determined between anger control and self-transcendence, cooperation, selfdirectedness, persistence, reward dependence, harm avoidance and novelty seeking scores of participants. Conclusion: These results show that medical secretaries have high trait anger and lack means to express

Effectiveness of the solution focused therapy which is based on interpersonal relationship theory: retrospective investigation -

Objective: The aim of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of solution focused therapy which is based on interpersonal relationship theory in retrospective methodology. Methods: This research was planned as a pre/posttest without control group. The research population included 36 students who are registered a school of health of a university and applied to psychological consultation services of their school for their psychological issues. Student’s introduction and consulting form, Beck Anxiety Scale, Beck Depression Scale, Problem Solving Inventory were used as data collection forms. All ethic permission was provided. In this research, the five sessions solution focused therapy approach which is based on Peplau’s interpersonal relationship theory was used for students. Inventories were applied both before and after the therapy sessions. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t test, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskall Wallis test were used for data analysis. Conclusion: When the scores of anxiety, depression and problem solving skills were compared before and after sessions; anxiety, depression and problem solving inventory. They were found that the mean scores of inventories decreased as statistically significant. Differences of scores when participating joyful activities and having someone which can be shared for their individual problems in depression was found decreased as statistically significant. Also it can be seen the some direction when having actively a kind of hobby in anxiety and problem solving skill scores differences. Discussion: It can be said that the five sessions solution focused therapy which is based on Peplau’s interpersonal relationship therapy was affected for students which are applied psychological consultation services for their problems.