Comparing the effectiveness of modern group reality therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on psychological capital among the employees of Bushehr city

today human resources is considered the most vital strategic element and the most fundamental way to increase the effectiveness of the organization. Therefore, increasing psychological capital is an inevitable necessity for any organization. The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of modern group reality therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on psychological capital among the employees of Bushehr city.

The current research method is semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test and control group design. The statistical population was all the employees of Bushehr city in 2022. The sample of the research was 45 employees who were selected by available sampling method and were randomly divided into two experimental groups (acceptance and commitment therapy and reality therapy) and control. Psychological capital questionnaire (Luthans, 2007) was used to collect data. The collected data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA).

The results of multivariate covariance analysis showed that modern group reality therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy increased the psychological capital of the experimental groups compared to the control group (P<0.001). The results of post hoc Bonferroni test showed that the effect of treatment based on acceptance and commitment on self-efficacy, resilience psychological and capital was significantly higher than training based on reality therapy (P<0.05).

It is concluded that both modern group reality therapy methods and therapy based on acceptance and commitment are effective for improving the psychological capital of employees and these interventions can be used to increase organizational productivity.