by Wong Yun Ping. / Questionnaries in English and Chinese. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-82). / ABSTRACT --- p.i / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iv / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.v / Chapter CHAPTER I - --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER II - --- METHOD --- p.22 / Chapter CHAPTER III - --- RESULTS --- p.26 / Chapter CHAPTER IV - --- DISCUSSION --- p.52 / REFERENCE --- p.69 / APPENDICE --- p.83

This study aimed at exploring the impact of early traumatic experiences on bariatric patients with the intent to give "voice" to their experiences. The impact of morbid obesity and the lack of quality of life among those suffering from this form of chronic illness can be devastating. Meaningful support systems and bariatric surgery are therefore considered as forced behavioural interventions to remediate the impact of childhood trauma and subsequent development of morbid obesity among this group of bariatric patients. Through a process of social constructivism and dialogue between the researcher and the five participants, the co-construction according to themes was supported by a qualitative research approach and the case study method. For the analysis of the themes according to the participants' "voices", the thematic content analysis method was used to analyse the data and was finally linked to supportive literature. It is hoped that the results from this study will contribute to the development of a unique assessment and support programme to those who have to endure the burden of morbid obesity associated with early childhood trauma; and that the process prior to and post bariatric surgery will be an important contribution to finding quality of life and giving new meaning to patients after suffering through their bodies and traumatised minds. / Psychology / D.Litt. et. Phil (Psychology)

Text in English / In order to address the paucity of knowledge in regard to the psychological and physiological processes associated with lifelong weight loss (>20 years), this study adopts a qualitative approach informed by phenomenology to explore the experience of lifelong weight loss and maintenance of women who participated in the ITAND Programme. The research questions guiding the exploration of the current research are: (i) Which strategies from the ITAND Programme do women perceive as assisting with initial weight loss? (ii) What are the processes mediating lifelong weight loss? (iii) What strategies and skills mediate the maintenance of lifelong weight loss? (iv) What feelings or beliefs motivate women to continue attempts to lose weight after experiencing multiple failures on diets? and (v) Which psychological, cognitive and behavioural processes are identified as mediating lifelong weight loss? Eight overweight and obese women were invited to write their narratives and engage in interviews in regard to exploring their relationships with food, their bodies and their weight, after a period of more than 20 years following their participation in an integrative, transactional analysis, anti-diet programme (the ITAND Programme). Narratives were used to explore their beliefs about constructs, processes and strategies mediating long-term weight loss maintenance. The participants’ narratives and interviews were analysed through applying narrative analysis and interpretive phenomenological analysis. In addition to a non-diet paradigm, four processes definingweight loss maintenance were identified, including the adult learning process of transformative learning, the psychological process of transactional analysis, the physiological process of intuitive eating and the cognitive-behavioural processes relating to weight loss maintenance. This study contributes an integrative, transactional analysis, non-diet treatment model (ITAND model) which is enabled by the processes of transformative learning, intuitive eating and cognitive-behaviour modification to the successful long- term treatment of overweight and obesity. This model may be applied in whole or in part in a primary health care or community context. The findings of this study may be used to inform future research into the development and implementation of non-diet weight loss maintenance interventions in the treatment of overweight andobesity. / Psychology / D.Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:08:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 gabriela_nunes_catarino.pdf: 507365 bytes, checksum: 4fc758346d9198724d8fa4fbf606c4d3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-25 / This dissertation aimed, in general, analyze the action of the clinical psychologist in the preparation and psychological care of people undergoing bariatric surgery process. Specifically seeks to identify the elements that can interfere positively and / or negatively, in relation therapist - patient, analyze the resonances that therapeutic monitoring exercises on patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Sought to both the theoretical contributions about the body in Merleau Ponty and psychoanalysis Winnicott. Mainly addressed the relationship therapist - patient by Winnicott's approach and within the context of psychologists working with the theme of obesity. This is a qualitative study, whose participants seven clinical psychologists who develop activities in the field of bariatric surgery, both in the private and public sectors and two included patients aged 33 to 56 years, who underwent surgery and continue in psychological counseling. Semistructured interview used to psychologists and for both patients through a different starter question. The analysis of the narrative was taken from the thematic analysis, which identified themes related to the issue of professional practice and theoretical concepts used by psychologists, especially axes as the nature of the bond established relationship therapist and patient, the importance of family participation in the process and especially body image experienced by the patient before, during and after surgery. O care that the psychologist should have to take into account in its therapeutic relationship , the promotion of self-knowledge and understanding about a body experienced by the patient and therefore a body guy, not objectified ; constituted themselves as elements of fundamental importance , reminding us that policies accompanying attitudes are necessary but not sufficient for successful treatment. For these reasons, we point out that intrapsychic issues and the internal resources of the patient are sufficiently worked out, thus avoiding that the same replace the symptom of obesity by another symptom of compulsion. / Esta dissertação objetivou, de forma geral, analisar a ação do psicólogo clínico no processo de preparação e acompanhamento psicológico das pessoas que se submetem à cirurgia bariátrica. De forma específica pretendeu-se identificar os elementos que podem interferir positivamente e/ou negativamente, na relação terapeuta - paciente; analisar as ressonâncias que o acompanhamento terapêutico exerce sobre os pacientes que se submetem à cirurgia bariátrica. Para tanto buscou as contribuições teóricas a respeito do corpo na filosofia de Merleau Ponty e na psicanálise de Winnicott. Sobretudo, abordou o relacionamento terapeuta paciente pela abordagem winnicottiana e dentro do contexto dos psicólogos que trabalham com o tema da obesidade. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, que tem como participantes sete psicólogas clínicas que desenvolvem atividades na área de cirurgia bariátrica, tanto no setor privado como público e duas pacientes compreendidas na faixa etária de 33 e 56 anos, que se submeteram à cirurgia e continuam em acompanhamento psicológico. Utilizamos a entrevista semidirigida tanto para as psicólogas como para as pacientes, através de uma questão disparadora diferenciada. A análise das narrativas foi feita a partir da análise temática, que permitiu identificar eixos temáticos ligados à questão da prática profissional e às concepções teóricas utilizadas pelas psicólogas, destacando-se eixos como a natureza do vinculo estabelecido na relação terapeuta e paciente, a importância da família na participação do processo e, sobretudo, a imagem corporal vivida pelo paciente antes, durante e depois do procedimento cirúrgico. O cuidado que o psicólogo deve ter para levar em consideração no seu relacionamento terapêutico, a promoção do autoconhecimento e a compreensão a respeito de um corpo vivido pelo paciente e, portanto, um corpo sujeito, não coisificado; constituíram-se como elementos de fundamental importância, lembrando-nos que, atitudes explicativas diretivas são necessárias, mas não suficientes para o sucesso do tratamento. Por essas razões, apontamos que questões intrapsíquicas e os recursos internos do paciente sejam suficientemente trabalhados, evitando, assim, que o mesmo substitua o sintoma da obesidade por outro sintoma de compulsão.