The Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Physical Symptoms, Psychosocial Flexibility and Social Health of Patients with Psoriasis

Subject Areas : Educational

Mahnaz  Aliakbaridehkordi ¹ (Professor, Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.)
somayeh  ghafoori ² (Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.)
fariba  jaffary ³ (Professor, Skin Diseases & Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.)
Tayebeh  Mohtashami ⁴ (Department of Psychology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2018-12-01 Accepted : 2019-10-30 Published : 2021-01-20

Keywords: acceptance and commitment therapy, social health, physical symptoms, Psoriasis, Psychological flexibility,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on physical symptoms, psychological flexibility and social health of patients with psoriasis. The design of the study was experimental with a pretest-posttest design with control and one-month follow-up. Thirty people with psoriatic who were referred to skin diseases Clinic of Sedigheh Tahereh in Isfahan were randomly chosen and assigned to two groups of 15 (experimental and control groups). In order to assess the physical symptoms, psychological flexibility and social health, Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI), Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II) and Keys' Social Health Questionnaire (2004) were used respectively. The results showed that acceptance and commitment therapy was effective in improving physical symptoms, psychological flexibility and social health of patients with psoriasis (P≤0.05). In sum, acceptance and commitment therapy can be used as an effective intervention for the improvement of physical symptoms, psychosocial flexibility and social health of patients with psoriasis.

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