The Effectiveness of Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Compassion on Worry and Rumination of Divorced Women

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of integrating Acceptance and Commitment therapy with compassion on worry and rumination of divorced women in Tehran. The research method was quasi-experimental based on a pre-test, post-test design and control group with follow-up. The statistical population were divorced women with worry and rumination in Tehran during of 2016-2017 year who were referred to one of the Counselling Centers of Well-being in Tehran. They were 20 divorced women who were selected using available and purposive sampling method. Then they were randomly divided into experimental and control groups (10 persons in each group). The experimental group was received 10 weekly 120 minutes’ sessions of CFACT techniques , but the control group did not receive any intervention. The research instruments were Nolen-Hoeksema’s Ruminative Response Scale (RRS) and Meyer’s Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) Scale. Data were analyzed by using mix analysis of variance. The results indicated that ACT integration with compassion influenced on worry and rumination of divorced women. Therefore, the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy integration with compassion is an effective treatment on worry and rumination of divorced women. Keywords: Acceptance and commitment therapy, compassion focus therapy, rumination, worry, divorced women.