Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Approaches Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Reality Therapy on the Meaning of Life and the Unreasonable Thoughts of Female Headmasters Covered by the Relief Committee

The meaning oflife and Irrational thoughts in women supervisorsunder the auspices of the ImamKhomeiniRe lief Foundationis important due to theirspecial circumstances.The purpose ofthe presentstudy isto compare the effectiveness of two approaches based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy andReality Therapy on the meaning of life andirrational thoughts of women supervisors covered by the Relief Foundation.The present studyisa quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test, follow-up and control group.The statistical population ofthe study was153women survisors underthe auspices ofthe Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, out of which30were available through a sampling method that scored high on the Jones Unreasonable BeliefsTest andthe EstegeThe lowerwas selected and randomly assigned into two experimental groups (Acceptance and Commitment therapy and Reality Therapy) and a control group.To analyze the data, a mixed variance analysis test was performed. Data analysis using mixed variance analysis showed that two approaches based on acceptance and commitment therapy and reality therapy significantly increased the meaning of life and reduced women's irrational thoughts (P≤0 / 01).Acomparison of the effectiveness of the two groups also showed that there was no significant difference between the effectiveness of ACTtherapy and reality therapy on the meaning of life of female-headed households. However,the effect of ACT treatment on irrational beliefs of female-headed households has been significantly higher than reality therapy (P≤0 /01).Meaninglessness in life and irrational beliefs are among the factors that can cause problems. Basedon this model, itis possible to use client-based approaches based on acceptance and commitment (ACT)and reality therapy to improve the meaning oflife and correct irrational beliefs of clients.