A Comparison of Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT) on Physical-social anxiety in Obese Individuals

Shahmiri, Noora; Shabani, Jafar; Asadi, Javanshir

doi:10.18502/ijdo.v18i2.21649

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Shahmiri N, Shabani J, Asadi J. A Comparison of Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT) on Physical-social anxiety in Obese Individuals. IJDO 2026; 18 (2) :125-129
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A Comparison of Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT) on Physical-social anxiety in Obese Individuals

Noora Shahmiri

, Jafar Shabani ^*

, Javanshir Asadi

Associate Professor of Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

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Objective: The present study was conducted to make a comparison between the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and emotion-focused therapy on Physical-social anxiety in obese individuals.
Materials and Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test/post-test design and follow-up with a control group. 45 women aged 20 to 30 were selected through convenience sampling and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and a control group (15 people in each group). Then, the experimental groups were treated for 8 treatment sessions, 90 minutes each week.
Results: The results showed, there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and emotion- focused therapy on Physical-social anxiety in obese women. Accordingly, acceptance and commitment therapy was more effective than emotion-focused therapy in reducing Physical-social anxiety in obese individuals.
Conclusion: Acceptance and commitment therapy and emotion-focused therapy can be effective strategies for reducing socio-physical anxiety in overweight women.

Keywords: Acceptance and commitment therapy, Emotion-focused therapy, Physical-social anxiety, Obesity

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Type of Study: Short Communication | Subject: Special
Received: 2026/02/19 | Accepted: 2026/05/20 | Published: 2026/06/1

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