The aim of this study was to investigate the
effects of the cognitive-behavioral oriented awareness program on depression
levels of obese individuals. Both the experimental and control group included
20 individuals. A pre and post-test research model was used in this study. Beck
Depression Inventory (BDI) was the scale applied to both of the study groups.
Mann-Whitney U test and Wilcoxon signed-rank test were used to find out if
meaningful differences emerged between the pre-test and post-test scores of
control and experimental group. It was found that this awareness program had
positive effects on BDI scores. Post test scores showed significant difference
between the experimental and the control groups. No significant difference was
found between pre and post-test BDI scores in the control group. The findings
are discussed irrelevance to available literature, and some suggestions have
been made regarding using the Awareness Program to reduce depression in obese
individuals.
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