The Effectiveness of Group counselling based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on increasing Psychological Flexibility and Marital Intimacy of Infertile Women

The main aim of present study was to determine the effectiveness of group counselling based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on increasing psychological flexibility and marital intimacy in infertile women.

This study was a semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design and control group. The Statistical population of this research includes all the infertile women who referrd to Omid Infertility Center in Tehran. 50 infertile women were selected by convenience sampling method from the statistical population. Then 30 infertile women were chosen by simple random sampling and were assigned to the intervention and controle group. Then both groups were evaluated using Bagarozzi Marital Intimacy Questionnaire (2001) and Bond Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (2011) in posttest. The data were analyzed by MANCOVA method.

Statistical data analysis illustrated Group Counselling based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy that amounts of Psychological flexibility and marital intimacy were significantly increased in experimental than control group (P<0/05).

The results of this study indicate that group counseling based on acceptance and commitment therapy can be used as an effective psychological intervention on the psychological flexibility and marital intimacy of Infertile Women.