The Effectiveness of Group counseling based on Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) on Rumination and Happiness Infertile Women

Infertility is an effective factor in causing personal and social problems that can expose affected individuals to various psychological pressures. This study aims was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based group counseling (ACT) on rumination and happiness of infertile women in a quasi-experimental design with pretest, posttest and follow up with control group. The population of this study included infertile women fetering to Milad infertility center in Mashhad city. Twenty infertile women were selected using purposeful and voluntary sampling method and randomly assigned to experimental (10 infertile women) and control (10 infertile women) groups. Participants completed the Obsessive Rumination Questionnaire (Nolen Hoxma and Morrow) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire. Experimental group participated in a group counseling based on acceptance and commitment in eight sessions 60-90 minutes each week, and control group received not intervention. Data analysis were analyzed using analysis of variance to repeated measures and and SPSS- 25 software. The results showed that group counselling based on acceptance and commitment reduced obsession, rumination of infertile women and increased their happiness (p < 0.001). Based on the results, it can be concluded that group counselling acceptance and commitment based or can be helpful for family counsellors and clinical psychologists to reduce rumination and increase happiness in infertile women.