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The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the treatment based on acceptance and commitment to coherent self-knowledge and reducing self-injurious behaviors in self-injurious delinquent teenagers of the correctional center. This was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test/post-test design and a control group with a 3-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the study was all delinquent male teenagers who had experienced self-harm in Tehran Correctional Center in 2022, out of which 36 people were selected using the purposeful sampling method. These numbers were randomly replaced in two treatment groups based on acceptance and commitment, and the control group. Data were collected using the self-concept questionnaire of Ghorbani et al. (2008, ISK) and Klonsky et al.'s self-injurious behaviors (2009, ISAS). Treatment intervention based on acceptance and commitment was implemented in 10 sessions of 90 minutes once a week. The data were analyzed using an analysis of variance with repeated measurements. The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test averages of self-awareness and self-injurious behaviors at the 0.05 level, and in addition, there was a significant difference at the 0.05 level between the post-test and follow-up averages of these two variables. From the above findings, it can be concluded that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment is effective and long-lasting in improving self-awareness and self-harming behaviors.

The current research aims to determine the effectiveness of parenting based on acceptance and commitment to the experiential avoidance and sense of competence of mothers of children with ADHD. The research method was a semi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test with a control group. The statistical population included all mothers with 8- to 10-year-old girls with ADHD who were studying in Isfahan primary schools in the academic year of 2022-2023. 30 children were selected in a purposive sampling way and were randomly divided into two groups of 15 people, experimental and control, and the mothers of the experimental group received parenting intervention based on acceptance and commitment for two and a half months and during 10 sessions of 90 minutes. To collect data, the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire – version 2 (AAQ-2; Bond et al., 2011) and the Parenting Sense of Competence Scale (PSOCS; Gibaud-Wallston & Wandersman, 1978) were used. To analyze the data, the multivariate covariance test (MANCOVA) was used. The findings of the research showed that by controlling the pre-test effect, there was a significant difference between the post-test average in the variables of experiential avoidance and sense of competence in the experimental and control groups (P<0.05). As a result, parenting based on acceptance and commitment is an effective intervention in reducing experiential avoidance and improving the sense of competence of mothers of children with ADHD.

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy on emotional eating, body image and rumination of overweight female students. The current research was semi-experimental and in the form of a two-group pre-test-post-test design with a 2-month follow-up. The population of this research is all overweight teenage students (13 to 17 years old) who were introduced to obesity treatment centers in Borujerd city by school health educators; A sample of 30 people was selected voluntary sampling and randomly divided into two groups of 15 people. The instruments were the rumination scale questionnaire by Nolen-Hoeksma, the multidimensional body-self relationship questionnaire by Bern et al., and Stein's eating behavior questionnaire. The experimental group received 8 sessions of acceptance and commitment group therapy. Analysis of covariance test was used to analyze the data. The results of the research showed that group therapy based on acceptance and commitment has a significant effect on emotional eating, self-image and rumination of overweight female students. Therefore, group therapy based on acceptance and commitment can be used as a new therapeutic approach in improving emotional eating skills, self-image and rumination of overweight female students.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on death anxiety, fear of falling, and demoralization in patients with multiple sclerosis. The research method was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a one-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the present study included all patients with multiple sclerosis referred to the Multiple Sclerosis Association of Tabriz City in 2023. The research sample consisted of 40 people from the statistical population who were selected by the available sampling method and randomly replaced in the group (20 people in each group). Treatment based on acceptance and commitment was implemented in 8 sessions of 60 minutes during four weeks and two sessions per week for the experimental group. The research tools included Templer's Death Anxiety Scale (1970, DAS), Kempen et al.'s Falls Efficacy Scale (2008, FES-I), and Kissane et al.'s Demoralization Scale (2004, DS). The data were analyzed using analysis of variance with repeated measures. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the groups in the post-test and follow-up of death anxiety, fear of falling, and depression symptoms. (P<0.01). According to the results of this study, psychologists and psychiatrists can use this intervention to improve death anxiety, fear of falling, and demoralization in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Education in the field of disease in people with chronic disease is a fundamental and important issue in achieving empowerment and optimal compliance of the patient, so this research aims to compare the effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment and reality therapy on compliance with treatment in women. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. 

Research Methods:

 This research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a 2-month follow-up with a control group. The research population consisted of all married women with multiple sclerosis in Hamadan city in 2023. From this number, 3 groups of 15 people were selected using available sampling method and were randomly divided into test groups and control groups, and were administered the Madanlo Chronic Disease Treatment Compliance Questionnaire in three pre-test-post-test sessions and followed up on the answers. they gave the subjects of the experimental group were treated with the approach of treatment based on acceptance and commitment and reality therapy, during 8 sessions, 1 session of 60 minutes per week, but no training was given to the control group. The data were statistically analyzed with SPSS software and using t-test of mixed analysis of variance and significant level of p < 0.05.

The results showed that there is a significant difference between the average scores of the pre-test, post-test and follow-up treatment compliance in the three groups; And for the between-group factor, the F value calculated at a level smaller than 0.05 is not significant (Eta = 0.125, P < 0.05, F = 2.990) as a result, between the overall average of treatment adherence in the three experimental groups and There is no evidence of a significant difference.

According to the results of this research, it can be said that treatment based on acceptance and commitment and treatment based on reality therapy led to adherence to treatment in women.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of group therapy based on acceptance and commitment on social functioning, fear of negative evaluation and anger rumination in the cultural background of divorced women. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a statistical population including all divorced women in Isfahan city. Using available sampling method, 30 divorced women who visited Aftab meeting center in Isfahan city in 2024 were selected and replaced in two experimental groups (15 people) and control group (15 people). The data were collected using the Self-Assessment Scale of Social Adaptation by Bosc et al. (1997), the Fear of Negative Evaluation Questionnaire by Watson & Friend (1969), and the Anger Rumination Scale by Sukhodolsky et al. (2001). The obtained data were analyzed at two levels of descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance) using spss-22 software. The findings showed that group therapy based on acceptance and commitment increased social performance and reduced fear of negative evaluation and anger rumination in divorced women (p≥0.05). In other words, group therapy based on acceptance and commitment reduced the fear of negative evaluation and rumination of anger and increased social functioning in divorced women. As a result, group therapy based on acceptance and commitment can be used by psychologists and counselors as a culture-based intervention for divorced women.

The purpose of this research was to determine the Effectiveness of Teaching Acceptance and Commitment on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety of Students. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population in this research included all female students aged 14 to 16 years of Devati schools in Tabriz city in the academic year 1401-1402. The statistical sample consisted of 30 female students with obsessive-compulsive and generalized anxiety symptoms who were introduced by the school counselor and were selected by non-random sampling method and randomly placed in two experimental and control groups. Both groups were tested in the pre-test and post-test stages with Yale Brown's obsessive-compulsive questionnaire (1986), (CY-BOCS) and the short-form scale of generalized anxiety disorder by Spitz et al. (2006), (GAD-7). were evaluated. The experimental group received the acceptance and commitment training program for 10 sessions of 90 minutes, one day a week. The data obtained from the research were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. The significance level was considered 0/05 in all tests. The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control groups in both obsessive-compulsive and pervasive anxiety variables. According to the results obtained in this research, teaching acceptance and commitment can greatly reduce the problems of obsession and anxiety of students.

The aim of reaserch to determine of effect the commitment and acceptance therapy on health anxiety, emotional exhaustion and psychological flexibility of male doctors of Forensic Medicine Organization of Isfahan city. The research method was semi-experimental and its design was pre-test-post-test with a control group and a follow-up period of one month. The statistical population included all the men of the Forensic Medicine Organization of Isfahan, 220 people in the winter of 1400, who were randomly assigned to two groups (15 experimental people) and (15 control people) using the purposeful sampling method. The research tools included health anxiety questionnaire (Salkovskis, Varoek, 2002) emotional fatigue (chenet al, 2019), psychological flexibility (Dennis,Vander Wal, 2010). The experimental group was trained in commitment and acceptance therapy during 8 sessions of 90 minutes. While the control group did not receive any intervention. Data analysis was done using mixed analysis of variance. The findings showed that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment has an effect on health anxiety (illness, disease consequences and general health concerns), emotional exhaustion (depersonalization and personal inadequacy) and psychological flexibility (components of alternatives, control and alternatives to human behavior). Has it. As a result, the results showed that according to the problems caused by the medical profession in the doctors of the medical organization, the treatment law is based on commitment and acceptance of a suitable treatment approach to improve the mental conditions of people in order to reduce the level of health anxiety, emotional fatigue and increase psychological flexibility.

Eating disorders are one of the common mental and psychosomatic disorders that cause many problems in the physical health and mental performance of a person. Many people with bulimia have mental rumination regarding their body type. Patients who engage in mental rumination consider it a way to gain insight into their problem and through it they focus on themselves, the problematic situation and their feelings. In other words, they think that mental rumination helps them to solve their problems, while answering problems through mental rumination causes more tension and problems. On the other hand, self-acceptance in these people is lower than others. A person with low agreeableness tends to seek isolation and is afraid of and avoids communication with others. The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of therapeutic schema training in comparison with acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with self-acceptance and rumination in women with diabetes and anorexia nervosa.

This is a semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a two-month follow-up. The statistical population was all women with simultaneous disorder of diabetes and psychogenic anorexia in Mashhad city in the first half of 1402 who had referred to medical centers. 45 people were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly divided into three groups: schema therapy (15 people), acceptance and commitment therapy (15 people) and control group (15 people). Chamberland and Haga (2001) questionnaire was used to evaluate self-efficacy, and Trinoor et al. The therapeutic schema experimental group underwent the educational package intervention of Yang et al. (2003) and the acceptance and commitment experimental group underwent the therapeutic intervention of Hizo colleagues (2012) for ten one-hour sessions. The data was analyzed by the statistical method of analysis of variance with repeated measurements.

 The results showed that the intervention of therapeutic schema and acceptance and commitment is effective on mental rumination (P<0.01), (F=29.63) and self-acceptance (P<0.01), (F=49.83) and this The effect is stable in the follow-up phase. The results of Shefe's follow-up test showed that there is a significant difference in self-acceptance and rumination between the two groups of acceptance and commitment and therapeutic schema (P<0.05); Therefore, acceptance and commitment have had a greater effect on reducing rumination and increasing women's self-acceptance.

 According to the results, it can be said that by teaching psychological treatment approaches such as schema and acceptance and commitment therapy, women can be helped in controlling diabetes and preventing their nervous overeating. Also, by controlling binge eating, they can be protected from the side effects of physical, psychological and social damage of binge eating, and thus have healthier mothers and a healthier society.

This research was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test-post-test and follow-up design with a control group. The statistical population of this research was made up of all the mothers of children aged 6 to 12 years (boys and girls) with signs of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Kermanshah city. The sampling method was accessible, and for this purpose, a sample of 30 people was selected based on the criteria for entering the study, and they were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 10 90-minute sessions of parenting education based on acceptance and commitment.there was no intervention in the control group. Finally, the collected data were analyzed at two levels of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics using SPSS software. The findings showed that parenting training based on acceptance and commitment in the post-test and follow-up phase had a significant effect on the improvement of parent-child interaction in the mothers of the experimental group compared to the control group and increased the components of closeness and dependence and decreased the conflict component. Increased self-efficacy and psychological flexibility in the mothers of the experimental group compared to the controlled group and these changes continued until the follow-up stage.

The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment approach based on self-compassion on psychological well-being and flexibility. The research design was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test type with a control group. Statistical population included 150 girls and boys in 13 to 18 ages from the Tunkabon, Tehran, and Qazvin cities, who entered the study by online invitation. Research sample included 15 in experimental group and 15 in control group that selected through the purposive sampling. Instruments encompassed Ryff psychological well-being and Bond and et al acceptance and action questionnaire-II for psychological flexibility that completed before and after intervention in pre-test and post-test. The intervention program acceptance and commitment therapy based self-compassion was implemented in eight online 90 minutes’ sessions and control group was also placed on the waiting list.  Multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance were used to analyze of data. The results showed that the approach of acceptance and commitment based on self-compassion has been significantly effective in increasing psychological well-being and psychological flexibility. Therefore, given these findings, this approach is appropriate intervention for psychological well-being and psychological flexibility in Adolescent’s life situations.

Experts in the field of adolescents emphasize that instructional programs can play an effective role in improving the attitude towards the life of children and adolescents. Among these programs, we can mention the life skills' training and therapy of acceptance and commitment on attitude, but so far, no independent study has compared the effectiveness of these two approaches in improving students' attitude towards life; Therefore, considering the research gap in this field and the importance of the mentioned variables, research in this field seems necessary.

The aim of the present study was to comparing the effectiveness of two methods of life skills' training and a therapeutic approach based on commitment and acceptance on the attitude to the life of female's junior high schoolers.

The current research is semi-experimental and includes pre-test and post-test with control group. The statistical population of the research includes all female's junior high schooner’s in Karaj city whose number was about ten thousand. 60 people of them who had low scores in the attitude towards life questionnaire were selected and randomly replaced in two experimental groups and one control group (20 people each). One of the experimental groups was exposed to ten sessions (each session 90 minutes) of the life skills' training package (Mohammadkhani, 2015) and the second experimental group was exposed to 8 sessions (each session 90 minutes) of the therapeutic approach based on commitment and acceptance (Hayes, 2011). One week after the sessions, both study groups answered the Battista's (1973) life attitude index questionnaire again. In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistical methods (including multivariate covariance analysis and Benferroni's post hoc test) were used.

The findings showed that the two methods of life skills' training and the approach based on commitment are effective on female students' attitude to life (P< 0.05). But there is no significant difference between the effectiveness of life skills' training with the group of acceptance and commitment on students' attitude to life (P< 0.05).

Considering the effectiveness of life skills' training programs and therapeutic approach based on commitment and acceptance, these approaches can be used to improve students' attitude to life in counseling centers, psychological institutions and educational centers, including schools.

The present study was conducted to compare the impact of acceptance and commitment-based couple therapy and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy on reducing violence and marital attribution styles of couples seeking divorce.This semi-experimental research is of an experimental type with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical sample consisted of 60 couples applying for divorce in Yasuj city in the first quarter of 2012, who were selected by purposive sampling and randomly assigned to three groups of 20 people, cognitive behavioral couple therapy group, acceptance and commitment based couple therapy group, The control group (10 couples in each group) were included. Before and after the implementation of the interventions, the subjects responded to the Spouse Abuse Questionnaire and the Matrimonial Attitude Context Finding Scale. The results of covariance analysis showed that there is a significant difference between the average scores of subjects in the components of emotional violence and physical violence and marital documents in the experimental groups of cognitive behavioral couple therapy and acceptance and commitment-based couple therapy with the control group (P<0.05). ). Post Bonferroni test also showed that there is no significant difference between the two groups of cognitive behavioral couple therapy and couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment. Both interventions of couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment and cognitive-behavioral couple therapy are effective in reducing violence and improving marital documents of couples applying for divorce, and each of the interventions can be used separately or combined.

The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of group training based on acceptance and commitment to interacting with the fetus and assuming the role of parent in pregnant women. The research was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and control group design with a 3-month follow-up period. The statistical population of women with their first pregnancy referred to selected health and treatment centers in Tehran in 2023, 30 people were selected using the purposeful sampling method and were randomly replaced in two groups of group training based on acceptance and commitment and the control group. Data were collected with the Mother-Fetal Attachment Questionnaire (MFAS, Cranley, 1981). Group training based on acceptance and commitment was held in 8 sessions of 90 minutes and once a week. The data were analyzed by the analysis of variance test with repeated measurements. The findings showed that there is a difference between pre-test and post-test and pre-test and follow-up of interaction with the fetus (P<0.05). The difference between pre-test and post-test and pre-test and follow-up is significant (P<0.05). From the above findings, it can be concluded that group training based on acceptance and commitment to improving interaction with the fetus and assuming the parental role is effective and lasting.

This study aimed to determine and compare the effectiveness of parent-child relationship training based on acceptance and commitment and cognitive-behavioral therapy on children's self-esteem. This study was conducted in a semi-experimental way with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included the students in the first year of high school in one district of Tabriz in the academic year 2020-2021 and their mothers. According to the purpose of the study, 63 mothers were selected as available statistical samples and randomly divided into three groups of 21 people (two experimental groups and one control group) and 63 students, the children of the same mothers, were placed in the experimental and control groups following their mothers.Mothers of one of the experimental groups received educational intervention based on acceptance and commitment, and the other group received cognitive-behavioral therapy using the relevant educational package during 10 sessions of 90 minutes for 10 weeks. Children's self-esteem was measured using the Heyer Self-Esteem Scale (HSS). The results showed that parent-child relationship training based on acceptance and commitment (F=115.74, P<0/01) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (F=75.43, P<0/01) were effective on children's self-esteem. The results showed that the educational intervention based on acceptance and commitment had a higher effectiveness than the cognitive-behavioral method with a significant difference (P<0/05 ). As a result, parent-child relationship education interventions with the help of techniques based on acceptance and commitment and cognitive-behavioral therapy with priority therapy based on acceptance and commitment can be used to increase and promote children's self-esteem.

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based therapy on marital burnout and alexitimya in Female victims of domestic violence.

The research method was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test type with a control group. The statistical population included all women affected by domestic violence in the city of Sari who referred to the social emergency in 2021. The sample consisted of 03 people who entered the research through purposive sampling and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (each group included 51 person). The experimental group underwent 8 03-minute sessions of therapy based on acceptance and commitment. The control group did not receive training. The data were collected using standard questionnaires of marital boredom (Pines, 5001) and alexitimya (Bagbi et al., 5001) and then analyzed using covariance analysis in SPSS26.

The results showed that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment significantly reduced marital boredom (F=55.6, p= 3.004) and alexitimya (F=74.9, p= 3.002) became.

According to the results of the present study, it is possible to use therapy based on acceptance and commitment to reduce marital burnout and alexitimya in women abused by domestic violence.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on the resilience and happiness of addicted men. The research method was experimental pre-test-posttest with a control group. The statistical population included all men treated with methadone who had referred to addiction treatment centers in Qom province in 2020, among whom 30 addicts were selected based on the inclusion criteria and by purposive sampling method and were randomly assigned to the experimental group (15 people) and the control group (15 people). The experimental group received 8 sessions of 90-minute acceptance and commitment therapy training program and the control group that was on the waiting list received no training. To collect data, the Connor-Davidson Resilience Questionnaire (2003) and the Happiness Scale of Argyle et al. (1989) were used. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that after controlling for the effects of the pre-test, there was a significant difference between the mean of the two groups in resilience and happiness.It can be concluded that acceptance and commitment therapy is effective in improving the resilience and happiness of male addicts in recovery, and therefore, according to the findings of the research, acceptance and commitment therapy can be used to increase the resilience and happiness of male addicts. Recovery.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of group therapies that were based on acceptance and commitment, as well as schema on coping-avoidance style, in individuals who were obese or overweight and were experiencing emotional eating. The present study was a quasi-experimental design that included a control group and a pretest-posttest. The research population included all men and women between the ages of 21 and 50 who visited nutrition and obesity clinics in Tehran during the summer and autumn of 2019. A sample of 60 individuals was randomly assigned to three groups of 20 individuals (acceptance and commitment therapy, schema treatment, and control) using the cluster sampling method and based on entry and exit criteria. The subjects completed the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) and the General and Exclusive Avoidance Questionnaire (GASQ) in three stages: pre-test, on-test, and post-test. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 24 software, which included covariance analysis and Bonferroni's post hoc test. The results indicated that group therapies based on acceptance and commitment and schema therapy were effective in reducing the avoidance of coping styles in obese and overweight individuals with emotional excess. The experimental groups exhibited a lower level of avoidance compared to the control group. The results suggest that overweight and obese individuals can decrease their reliance on coping style avoidance through group therapy that is based on acceptance, commitment, and schema therapy.

The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of treatment based on the acceptance and commitment approach (ACT) with reality therapy on marital cohesion in conflicted couples in the post-corona era. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a two-month follow-up period. The statistical population of the present study was all conflicted couples who were referred to clinics and counseling centers in the 20th district of Tehran in 2022. 45 people were selected purposefully and randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group. The research tool was Samani Marital Coherence (MCQ, 2002). Treatment intervention based on acceptance and commitment approach (ACT) and reality therapy was implemented in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, twice a week as a group for the first and second experimental groups. The data were analyzed using mixed analysis of variance. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the post-test and the follow-up groups of the test and evidence of marital cohesion (P<0.05) and acceptance and commitment therapy was significantly more effective than reality therapy on the marital cohesion of conflicted couples in the post-corona period and between the two treatments, A significant difference was observed (P<0.05). Therefore, it can be said that the acceptance and commitment approach (ACT) was more effective than reality therapy in increasing marital cohesion in conflicted couples.