The Effect of Treatment Based on Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), on Resiliency and Dysfunctional Attitudes of MS Female Patients in Tehran

Subject Areas : Educational

zeinab kaviani ¹ , saeed BakhtiarPoor ² , Alireza Heidari ³ , parviz askary ⁴ , zahra Eftekhar ⁵

1 - Department of Pesychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
3 - AliReza Heidarie. Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
5 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

Received: 2018-12-23 Accepted : 2019-09-18 Published : 2020-05-21

Keywords: multiple sclerosis (MS), resiliency, Dysfunctional attitude, Women, treatment based on acceptance and commitment ( ACT ),

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on the resilience and dysfunctional attitudes of women with MS in Tehran. The research method was pre-test and post-test and the statistical population of this study was all women with MS with high dysfunctional attitude and low resiliency referred to the department of ambulatory patients in Kahrizak in 2017. The sampling method was purposive. Research tools included Conner and Davidson Resiliency Questionnaire (2003) and Dys, Weisman & Beck Dysfunctional Attitude Questionnaire (1997).Subjects were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. the experimental group underwent 8 sessions of 90 minutes of psychotherapy. But the control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The results showed a significant difference (p <0.000) in the experimental group after the implementation of psychotherapy. The results showed the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on increasing resilience and reducing inefficient attitudes of MS patients.

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