The Effectiveness of Group Therapy based on Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) on suppression of negative thoughts and learned helplessness in Infertile Women

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group therapy based on Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) on Suppression of negative thoughts and learned helplessness were infertile women. This study is quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest control group was unequal. The statistical population included all of Infertile women at Neyshabur city who have been referred to gynecologists in Spring 2017. 24 infertile women who were selected by available sampling method and voluntary that were randomly assigned to experimental groups(n = 12) and control(n = 12). Both groups were tested before. the experimental group for 8 sessions of 90-minute group therapy were based on acceptance and commitment. data through questionnaires Suppression of thoughts " Wegner and Zanakos"(1994) and Documentary style "Islami Shahr Babaki"(1991) was gathering. research data to way multivariate analysis of variance and were analyzed by SPSS 21 software. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance with significance level (p > 0/001) on the hypothesis that there is a significant difference between the two groups at post-test, that represents, the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy based on suppression of thoughts and learned helplessness )documentary style( in infertile women. The conclusion of the study is that based group therapy, acceptance and commitment appropriate treatment is to reduce negative thoughts and learned helplessness in infertile women.