Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment to Therapy on Decrease of Self-focused Attention and Symptoms Reduction in Students with Social Anxiety Disorder

The goal of this research was examine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on the decrease of self-focused attention and symptoms reduction in students with social anxiety disorder. A total of 30 students with social anxiety disorder were randomly selected andequally placed in control and experiential groups. Acceptance and commitment to therapy methods wereapplied to experiential group for one month. The subject sanswered the following questionnaires: Focuse of Attention Questionnaire (FAQ), and Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN). The data collected were analyzed using covariance analysis. The resuls showed that there were significant decrease in self-focused attention (P< 0.000), and symptoms reduction (P < 0.000) of the experiential group.