The Efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Hope and Psychological Well-being in Women with Breast Cancer under Chemotherapy

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women, which has a profound effect on mental and social health, hope and psychological well-being. The purpose of this study was to determine the Efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy on the hope and psychological well-being of women with breast cancer under chemotherapy. The present study was a quasi-experimental and pre-test-posttest design with intervention and control group. The statistical population of this study was all women with breast cancer in Shohada-e-Tajrish Hospital. They were selected by purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to two intervention groups
(n = 15) and control (n = 15). In the intervention group, 8 sessions of 90-minute intervention Based on acceptance and commitment, and the control group remained on the list. The instrument used in the research was Schneider's hope Questionnaire (1991) and Rheff's Psychological Well-being (1980). Data analysis was performed using SPSS v.23 software in two parts: descriptive (mean, standard deviation) and inferential (covariance analysis). The results of the data analysis indicated that following the provision of acceptance therapy and commitment, the scores of hope and psychological well-being varied in the experimental group in the post-test phase and this type of treatment had a significant positive effect on hope And psychological well-being of women with cancer under chemotherapy (P < 0.001). According to these findings, group therapy of admission and commitment is an effective way to increase the hope and psychological well-being of patients with breast cancer.