The Effectiveness of Counseling Program Based on Logotherapy to Improve Self-Image among a Sample of Obese University Students in the Sultanate of Oman

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1 Psychology Department, Faculty of Art and Humanities, A’Sharqiyah University, Ibra, Oman

2 Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition College of Applied and Health Sciences, A’Sharqiyah University Ibra,Oman

3 Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Applied and Health Sciences, A’Sharqiyah University Ibra,Oman

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the effectiveness of counselling based on logotherapy to improve self-image among a sample of obese university students in the Sultanate of Oman. The researchers followed the experimental approach. The study sample consisted of 14 university students who were suffering from obesity, and they were divided into two groups: the first group was the experimental group (7 students), and the second group was the control group (7 students). Two tools were used at the study: the self-image measure prepared by Jaman and Abeda (2018) and a group counselling program prepared by researchers.
The results showed that there were statistically significant differences in improving the self-image of a sample of obese university students in the Sultanate of Oman in the dimensional measurement between the experimental and control groups in favor of the experimental group. Also, the result related to the second hypothesis also indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in the self-image between the post- and following-up tests for the experimental group.

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