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The Effect of Functional Analysis-based Therapy Training on Cognitive Flexibility, Happiness, Emotional Adjustment, and Weight Loss in Obese Men
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Ghasem Vaziri   , Alireza Maredpour , Ghader Zadeh Bagheri |
| Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Yas.C., Islamic Azad University, Yasuj, Iran , Maredpour@iau.ac.ir |
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Introduction: Obesity is closely related to health and psychological indicators, including cognitive flexibility, happiness, emotional adjustment, and weight. This study aimed to investigate the effect of functional analysis-based therapy training on cognitive flexibility, happiness, emotional adjustment, and weight loss in obese men in Shiraz.
Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test design with an experimental and control group. The study population was obese men in Shiraz (Iran) in 2025, from which 24 people with the conditions for entering the study were selected by convenience sampling and were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups (12 people in each group). The men studied were assessed with a demographic form, questionnaires: cognitive flexibility, Oxford happiness, emotional adjustment, and obesity scale. The experimental group underwent 8 90-minute sessions of functional analysis-based therapy training. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance at a significance level (P<0.05).
Results: The results showed that functional analysis-based therapy training had a significant effect on the mean scores of: cognitive flexibility, happiness, and emotional adjustment (P<0.001), but had no effect on weight loss (P<0.05). The largest effect sizes were related to emotional adjustment (0.39), cognitive flexibility (0.28), and happiness (0.25), respectively.
Conclusion: The present study showed that functional analysis-based therapy training can improve cognitive flexibility, happiness, and emotional adjustment, but it did not affect weight loss. Therefore, the use of this simple, useful, and low-cost method by mental health professionals, nurses, and trained psychologists in the obese male population is recommended.
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| Keywords: Functional analysis-based therapy, Cognitive flexibility, Happiness, Emotional adjustment, Obesity, Weight loss |
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Type of Study: Quantitative-Research |
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Received: 2025/06/25 | Accepted: 2025/07/31 | Published: 2025/07/1
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