Kurt Lewin once wrote âthere is nothing as practical as a good theoryâ. Drawing on material covered in TWO blocks of your module, discuss how the application of psychological knowledge can help to solve social and psychological problems.
Sample Solution
Exercise, as an intervention for AN, can provide the necessary physiological and psychological benefits to manage the self-restriction and excessive exercise pathologies when incorporated with re-feeding plans. The studies conducted by Toyuz et al. and Thien et al. showed the ability of exercise to provide improvements without jeopardizing any re-feeding and weight restoration efforts. This idea allows for more clinical implications of exercise interventions, in terms of its physiological and psychological benefits, to be addressed. The studies done by Chantler et al. and Vancampfort et al. provide evidence that shows exercise interventions improve muscular strength, BMI, and body composition â effects that positively influence the functional abilities of patients. Additionally, the research conducted by Calogero et al. and Sauchelli et al. demonstrated that exercise positively affected the attitudes and behaviors against excessive exercise and had an association with decreased depressive symptoms. A limitation of such studies includes their cross-sectional nature, which makes it difficult to draw causational conclusions regarding exercise and its effects. However, all these studies implemented exercise along side of re-feeding and weight restoration programs and all concluded that exercise does not have detrimental effects on weight regain. For future studies, it is necessary to explore the mechanistic features of exercise as it relates to AN to determine causational effects. Furthermore, it is important to provide exact specifications of experimental exercise interventions. Not only will this specification provide a standard to which future studies can utilize, but it also allows for mechanistic research to be focused. No standardized exercise intervention is currently used to help treat the symptoms of AN, but these promising research data on the beneficial effects of exercise on physiology and behavior can perhaps change this fact. >
Exercise, as an intervention for AN, can provide the necessary physiological and psychological benefits to manage the self-restriction and excessive exercise pathologies when incorporated with re-feeding plans. The studies conducted by Toyuz et al. and Thien et al. showed the ability of exercise to provide improvements without jeopardizing any re-feeding and weight restoration efforts. This idea allows for more clinical implications of exercise interventions, in terms of its physiological and psychological benefits, to be addressed. The studies done by Chantler et al. and Vancampfort et al. provide evidence that shows exercise interventions improve muscular strength, BMI, and body composition â effects that positively influence the functional abilities of patients. Additionally, the research conducted by Calogero et al. and Sauchelli et al. demonstrated that exercise positively affected the attitudes and behaviors against excessive exercise and had an association with decreased depressive symptoms. A limitation of such studies includes their cross-sectional nature, which makes it difficult to draw causational conclusions regarding exercise and its effects. However, all these studies implemented exercise along side of re-feeding and weight restoration programs and all concluded that exercise does not have detrimental effects on weight regain. For future studies, it is necessary to explore the mechanistic features of exercise as it relates to AN to determine causational effects. Furthermore, it is important to provide exact specifications of experimental exercise interventions. Not only will this specification provide a standard to which future studies can utilize, but it also allows for mechanistic research to be focused. No standardized exercise intervention is currently used to help treat the symptoms of AN, but these promising research data on the beneficial effects of exercise on physiology and behavior can perhaps change this fact. >
