The Effect on a Weight-Control Belief and Weight Index Applying to Rational Emotive Behavior Program for Overweight Adolescents

The Effect on a Weight-Control Belief and Weight Index Applying to Rational Emotive Behavior Program for Overweight Adolescents

For the purpose of weight-loss of overweight adolescents, subjects were divided into the experimental and control group. For the two groups, 48 students, among a total of 520 second-grade students in a girls’ high school in M city. Data in this study were collected during a period of 4 months from March to June, 2008. The collected data were statistically processed by SAS Package program and analyzed with wilcoxon two-sample test and ANOVA. The results are as follows: 1) There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in weight-related features are homogeneous. 2) There were no statistically significant difference between the two groups in rational thinking, dietary self-efficacy, sentiment toward exercise and regimen. 3) There were statistically significant difference was shown in rational thinking, dietary self-efficacy, sentiment toward exercise and regimen after testing the influence of change for each experiment period. 4) There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups in weight index, but statistically significant difference was shown in the state after testing the influence of change for each experiment period.