The effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment on the subjective well-being and psychological capital and cognitive flexibility of women with marital dissatisfaction

The purpose of this study was the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on mental well-being, psychological capital and cognitive flexibility of women suffering from marital burnout.

The present syudy was a new intervention with a pre-test-post-test design. 30 participants (15 in the experimental group) and (15 in the control group) were selected by targeted sampling.The population was included of all women had referred to green thought psychological therapeutic cilinic in Qom for dissatisfaction in year 2022 .The research tools included cognitive flexibility questionnaires by Dennis and Vander waal(2010), psychological capital by Luthans (2007), positive affect and negative affect questionnaire (Watson, 1988) and life satisfaction (Diener et al., 1985).Intervention of acceptance and commitment therapywas performed during 8 sessions 1 to 1.5 hours The data were analyzed by covariance analysis.

The results showed that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment was effective on the mental wellbeing and on the psychological capital and cognitive flexibility of the women in the sample.

The use of therapeutic methods for people who have weak marital relationships can be useful, and the need to use these methods should be prioritized in psychotherapy centers.