Effectiveness of Rhythmic Movement Therapy for Disordered Eating Behaviors and Obesity

Malkina-Pykh, Irina G.

doi:10.5209/rev_sjop.2012.v15.n3.39422

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“…In the present study we argue that the approach of rhythmic movement therapy (RMT) for increasing subjective well-being [30,31] can be regarded as highly effective in wellness tourism context. RMT, as well as many other body-centered psychotherapies, view the body as part and parcel of the 'mental' processes that govern the flexibility and range of our response patterns [32].…”

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“…Thus, PPS includes 20 items, which are answered based on a seven-point Likert scale. The reliability and validity of the Russian version of the PPS were described in our previous study [30].…”

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“…RMT is a model of psychological intervention that is philosophically and theoretically rooted in body-oriented psychotherapy, dance movement psychotherapy, and rhythmic gymnastics (aerobics) [30,31]. The therapeutic work in RMT includes two main components: (1) diagnostic system of core personal problems corresponding with various characters and body types and (2) rhythmic movement as a medium of change.…”

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Subjective well-being and personality: implications for wellness tourism

Malkina-Pykh

Pykh

2014

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The aims of this study are to demonstrate that 1) personality differences can be considered as the mechanisms underlying differences in subjective well-being and 2) rhythmic movement therapy (RMT) can be regarded as an effective tool for increasing subjective well-being (SWB) in the wellness tourism context. The proposed operationalisation of SWB includes five domains and several psychological constructs that are hypothesised to be components of a mental map, underlying SWB. A total of 213 subjects were recruited among those searching for psychological counselling and assessed with the appropriate questionnaires. Two groups were formed in accordance with their SWB level: group 1-(very low, low and medium SWB levels)-96 subjects, 75 females, 21 males, mean age 36, 3 ± 11, 0 years) and group 2-(high and very high SWB levels)-117 subjects, 96 females, 21 males, mean age 36, 8 ± 8, 68 years. ANOVA analyses with the SWB group as a factor revealed significant differences in all psychological variables in two groups except for personal standards. ANOVA analyses with gender as a factor revealed no differences in psychological variables except for body image dissatisfaction. The theoretical background for RMT as an effective part of a wellness service was provided. Our research provides evidence that thinking styles (mental models) may significantly influence SWB and any program used for increasing SWB must include a mental healing service.

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Subjective well-being and personality: implications for wellness tourism

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Pykh

2014

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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“…RMT has been studied by Malkina-Pykh [18][19][20][21]. RMT utilizes primal body movements to treat various illnesses and further explained in the next section.…”

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The Mind-Body Connection: Its Impacts on Obesity

Vasudeva¹

2016

J Obes Weight Loss Ther

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This workshop is a hands-on, interactive experience supporting the research of Malkina-Pykh, I.G. (2012) and the works of authors Kelly, Michael, McCarthy, Patrick, and Milne, Hugh. Their works cover associations between the mind-body connection and the importance of integrating a holistic approach to reach optimal levels of fitness, thereby, impacting levels of obesity in individuals. Focus is placed on a health based movement practice within the scope of the client's abilities. The workshop will cover breathing techniques, beginning and simple movement, and the promotion of a positive and nonjudgmental support system. The methods will be taken from personal experience of teaching movement based practices since 2004 successfully with elementary to college aged students. The combination of the three allows for awareness of the human body and how truly interconnected it is. When we as people eat, we put food into the human body. When we breathe and move, we train the human body. When we connect with other like-minded people, we are connecting to other human bodies. Through this awareness, practice and connection students can start to have a sense of belonging and thereby impacting levels of obesity.

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“…The therapeutic work in RMT can be summarized in two main principles: (1) using the diagnostic system of core personal problems corresponding with various characters and body types; and (2) using rhythmic movement as a medium of change [33]. RMT diagnostic system is based on the ideas of attachment theory that character strategies are starting very early in life when people generalize their experience into prototypes and rules (mental models, core beliefs) that are primarily the result of a child's natural responses to his or her environment over time [34].…”

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Evaluating psychological preparedness for the threat and impacts of climate change disasters and its change after intervention: an integrated modelling approach

Malkina-Pykh¹,

Pykh²

2015

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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The aims of the present study are 1) to collect data on psychological preparedness and its psychological predictors in the sample in Novorossiysk, a city located on the Black Sea shore in Southern Russia where climate change disasters such as storm wind, flooding and earthquake now occur very often; 2) to use collected data for identification of parameters of nonlinear model of psychological preparedness (PREP model) and its validation; 3) to propose psychological rhythmic movement therapy (RMT) intervention for increasing psychological preparedness; 4) to apply PREP model as an effective assessment tool for evaluating pre-post intervention levels of psychological preparedness. A total of 52 subjects were selected at random and assessed with the appropriate questionnaires. The collected data were used for PREP model's parameters identification and its validation. After that two groups were formed: 1 (with low and medium, N=12) and 2 (with high, N=40) levels of psychological preparedness. Subjects of group 1 were proposed to participate in rhythmic movement therapy intervention. PREP model was used as the assessment tool of the RMT effectiveness. The results demonstrated significant improvement in psychological preparedness and several other personal variables in subjects of the RMT group.

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Effectiveness of Rhythmic Movement Therapy for Disordered Eating Behaviors and Obesity

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Subjective well-being and personality: implications for wellness tourism

Subjective well-being and personality: implications for wellness tourism

The Mind-Body Connection: Its Impacts on Obesity

Evaluating psychological preparedness for the threat and impacts of climate change disasters and its change after intervention: an integrated modelling approach

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