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Predicting Health Promoting Lifestyle Based on Acceptance and Action and Interpersonal Dependency with Mediation Body Image Concern in Obese Women
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Parya Zarkesh    , Sara Hashemi |
| Islamic Azad University , dr.sarahashemi@yahoo.com |
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Abstract: (645 Views) |
Introduction: The level of acceptance and action of people is influential in the emergence of body image and health-promoting behaviors in people. The present study aimed to predict a health-promoting lifestyle based on acceptance and action with the mediation of body image concern in obese women.
Methods: The descriptive research method is correlation type. The statistical population of the current study consisted of women with a body mass index above 30 who referred to weight loss clinics in district one of Tehran city in 1402. Among them, 245 people were selected by non-random and conveyance sampling method. To collect data demographic questionnaire, "Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile", "Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II" and "Body Image Concern Inventory" was used. The validity of the instruments was measured using content validity using content validity ratio method and reliability using the internal consistency method by calculating the Cronbach Alpha Coefficient. The data was analyzed with SPSS 24 and AMOS 24.
Results: Acceptance and action (β=0.252, P=0.001) predicts health-promoting lifestyle in obese women. Body image mediates the relationship between acceptance and action (β=0.083, P=0.001) with health-promoting lifestyle in obese women.
Conclusions: Health-promoting lifestyle is predicted based on acceptance and action with the mediation of body image concern in obese women. Health professionals are suggested to focus on obesity treatment and health promotion in obese women on their acceptance, practice, and manifestations, including body image.
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| Keywords: Acceptance and Action, Body Image, Obesity, Women, Health Promoting Lifestyle. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
health & social welfare management
Received: 2023/09/20 | Accepted: 2024/01/29 | Published: 2024/04/29
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