comparing trait-state anxiety as well as positive and negative affect among obese and normal women (ahvaz city, iran, 2017)

Background: obesity leads to a wide range of problems. hence, this research was conducted to compare the trait-state anxiety as well as positive and negative affect in obese and normal women. materials and methods: this descriptive study was performed in eight sports clubs within the time period of 2017 to 2018 in ahvaz. to do this, a sample of 200 women, who referred to sports clubs was selected by the convenience sampling method. the tools included the positive and negative affect scale and the spielberg 's state-trait anxiety inventory. the data were analyzed using spss (version 23), the multivariate analysis of covariance (mancova), and the pearson's correlation coefficient. results: according to the results, the multivariate analysis of variance at the level of p<0.001 showed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores of the obese and normal women. the difference was in terms of trait anxiety (normal, 39.27 ±9.23; obese, 46.73 ±8.73), state anxiety (normal, 38.20 ±8.62; obese, 47.07 ±8.01), positive affect (normal, 42.15 ±6.12; obese, 38.40 ±7.69), and negative affect (normal, 23.35 ±5.98; obese, 30.12 ±7.04). conclusion: in this study, the data analysis showed that negative affect and positive affect were different in the two groups. moreover, the obese women had a higher negative attitude than the normal women. in addition, the results demonstrated that trait-state anxiety was different in obese and normal individuals. our results indicate that obese people are more anxious than normal people.