Impacts of Logo Therapy based on Rumi's Thoughts compared to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Social Health of Elderly People

The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of Logo-therapy based on Rumi's thoughts with ACT on the social health of the elderly people. 

In a randomized controlled trial design a total sample consisting 66 elderly  subjects (46 females and 20 males) were selected from daily Behzisti elderly centers of Sari city. Subjects were randomly divided into two experimental groups, and a control group. Two experimental groups received Logo-therapy based on Rumi's thoughts and ACT respectively, while control group remaind in the waiting list. Data collection was conducted by well-being questionnaire of Keyes and analyzed by mixed-design analysis of variance.

Significantly higher means were observed for aspects of social health in both experimental groups than control (P< 0/001). No significant difference found for social dimensions between two experimental groups (P> 0/05), however the overall level of social health in the Logo-therapy was significantly higher than that of ACT (P< 0/05). 

 In regard to socio-cultural construction in Iran, we strongly recommend using the culture-based therapeutic approaches.