The Effect of Cognitive-behavior Modification and Feeding Behavior on Serotonin Levels and Depression Symptoms
Background: Depression includes negative interpretations of events, dislike of the self, and negative appraisal of the future. Objectives: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of educational programs of cognitive-behavior modification and feeding behavior on serotonin levels an...
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author | Motahare Golbarg Khonachah Mahnaz Khosrojavid Seyed Musa Kafi Masouleh Ebrahim Mirzajani Marjan Mahdavi Roshan |
author_facet | Motahare Golbarg Khonachah Mahnaz Khosrojavid Seyed Musa Kafi Masouleh Ebrahim Mirzajani Marjan Mahdavi Roshan |
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description | Background: Depression includes negative interpretations of events, dislike of the self, and negative appraisal of the future.
Objectives: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of educational programs of cognitive-behavior modification and feeding behavior on serotonin levels and depression symptoms in university students.
Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest and a control group design. The study population included all male and female bachelor degree students in the Faculty of Literature and Humanities of the University of Guilan, Guilan Province, Iran at the time of the research. Among 2854 students, using Morgan’s table, the sample size was determined as 340. In the following, 24 students with depression symptoms and other inclusion criteria were selected as the sample and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. During the twelve sessions of training, the number of participants decreased from 24 to 16. The study tools included the Beck depression inventory (1996), the food frequency questionnaire (2017), 21 food enjoyment questionnaire, and the blood test. The obtained data were analyzed by 1-way analysis of covariance in SPSS v. 24.
Results: The analysis showed that the use of cognitive-behavior modification training reduced students’ depression (P<0.01). However, the use of feeding behavior training did not increase serotonin levels in students (P>0.05).
Conclusion: Among people with depression symptoms, cognitive-behavior modification by focusing on their negative self-talk can be useful in creating sensible thoughts and positive inner dialogue. But in these people, feeding behavior training for two months did not change serotonin levels. |
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spelling | doaj.art-88592aea4fab4156a6fbfc92f09011072022-12-21T18:12:55ZengGuilan University of Medical SciencesCaspian Journal of Neurological Sciences2423-48182020-10-016422223210.32598/CJNS.6.23.3The Effect of Cognitive-behavior Modification and Feeding Behavior on Serotonin Levels and Depression SymptomsMotahare Golbarg Khonachah0Mahnaz Khosrojavid1Seyed Musa Kafi Masouleh2Ebrahim Mirzajani3Marjan Mahdavi Roshan4Department of Psychology, School of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, IranDepartment of Psychology, School of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, IranDepartment of Psychology, School of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, IranCellular and Molecular Research Center, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, IranCardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, IranBackground: Depression includes negative interpretations of events, dislike of the self, and negative appraisal of the future. Objectives: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of educational programs of cognitive-behavior modification and feeding behavior on serotonin levels and depression symptoms in university students. Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest and a control group design. The study population included all male and female bachelor degree students in the Faculty of Literature and Humanities of the University of Guilan, Guilan Province, Iran at the time of the research. Among 2854 students, using Morgan’s table, the sample size was determined as 340. In the following, 24 students with depression symptoms and other inclusion criteria were selected as the sample and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. During the twelve sessions of training, the number of participants decreased from 24 to 16. The study tools included the Beck depression inventory (1996), the food frequency questionnaire (2017), 21 food enjoyment questionnaire, and the blood test. The obtained data were analyzed by 1-way analysis of covariance in SPSS v. 24. Results: The analysis showed that the use of cognitive-behavior modification training reduced students’ depression (P<0.01). However, the use of feeding behavior training did not increase serotonin levels in students (P>0.05). Conclusion: Among people with depression symptoms, cognitive-behavior modification by focusing on their negative self-talk can be useful in creating sensible thoughts and positive inner dialogue. But in these people, feeding behavior training for two months did not change serotonin levels.http://cjns.gums.ac.ir/article-1-364-en.htmldepressionserotoninbehaviorfeeding behaviorstudents |
spellingShingle | Motahare Golbarg Khonachah Mahnaz Khosrojavid Seyed Musa Kafi Masouleh Ebrahim Mirzajani Marjan Mahdavi Roshan The Effect of Cognitive-behavior Modification and Feeding Behavior on Serotonin Levels and Depression Symptoms Caspian Journal of Neurological Sciences depression serotonin behavior feeding behavior students |
title | The Effect of Cognitive-behavior Modification and Feeding Behavior on Serotonin Levels and Depression Symptoms |
title_full | The Effect of Cognitive-behavior Modification and Feeding Behavior on Serotonin Levels and Depression Symptoms |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Cognitive-behavior Modification and Feeding Behavior on Serotonin Levels and Depression Symptoms |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Cognitive-behavior Modification and Feeding Behavior on Serotonin Levels and Depression Symptoms |
title_short | The Effect of Cognitive-behavior Modification and Feeding Behavior on Serotonin Levels and Depression Symptoms |
title_sort | effect of cognitive behavior modification and feeding behavior on serotonin levels and depression symptoms |
topic | depression serotonin behavior feeding behavior students |
url | http://cjns.gums.ac.ir/article-1-364-en.html |
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