The effect of treatment based on the acceptance and commitment therapy on infertility, satisfaction of marriage and attitude toward to the infertility in sterile women

Infertility is an increasing problem that induced to individual and family outcomes.

This study aims to examine the effect of the acceptance and commitment therapy on resilience, marital satisfaction and attitude toward to the infertility in sterile women in Esfahan.

The research design was a semi-experimental research. Population were all the sterile women which referred to the fertility-infertility treatment center in Esfahan in the primary six months which of them thirty women participated in this test and they arranged in two groups: experimental group (15 women) and Control group (15 women). After that two groups were assessed in pre-test exam. After discussion, treatment based on the acceptance and commitment (ACT) was performed during eight sessions in a week. There was no variable in control group and there was also no treatment. After treatment, post-test was performed with renewed questionnaire and at last follow-up test was performed after six weeks. The data was analyzed by SPSS-20 and analysis of variances of repeated measures.

The results showed a meaningful increase resilience, marital satisfaction and degree attitude toward in experimental group prior to the control group in post-test. These results (except of resilience) observed in follow-up.

According to therapeutic elements of acceptance and commitment therapy and reality of infertility, acceptance and commitment therapy could be effective method to degree psychological problems (P<0.01).