The effect of acceptance and acceptance therapy (ACT) on happiness, mental health and quality of life of mothers with autistic children

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on happiness, mental health and quality of life of mothers with autistic children. The statistical population of this research consists of 30 people (15 people each in the experimental and control groups) who were selected by available random sampling and then randomly in two experimental groups (treatment based on acceptance and commitment) and the control group. were assigned It was a pre-test-post-test research with a control group, and both groups were pre-tested based on the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, Mental Health Questionnaire, and Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the experimental groups were exposed to independent variables in 8 90-minute sessions (treatment based on on acceptance and commitment). Then, both groups were given a post-test and a follow-up was done one month later, and multivariate covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. The results obtained at a significance level of 0.05 showed that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment in the subjects of the experimental group compared to the average of the control group, increased happiness, mental health and quality of life in the experimental group, and the follow-up results showed that that the differences in the follow-up scores of happiness, mental health and quality of life are related to the continuation of treatment based on acceptance and commitment (group membership). Treatment based on acceptance and commitment has an impact on the mental health, happiness and quality of life of mothers with autistic children.