Acceptance and Commitment Training Program for Students with Stuttering Disorders: A Synthetic Research Approach

Subject Areas : Educational

Mohammad Bardel ¹ , rahim badrigargari ² , Shahruz Nemati ³ , Shahram Vahedi ⁴

1 - Educational Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
2 - Professor of Education Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
3 - Professor of Psychology and Education Exceptional Children, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
4 - Professor of Psychology and Education Exceptional Children, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

Received: 2021-10-01 Accepted : 2021-12-27 Published : 2024-08-04

Keywords: acceptance and commitment, stuttering, synthesis research, high school student.,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to systematically present and present a meta-combination of research related to acceptance and commitment education for high school students with stuttering disorder. The research was qualitative using a hybrid strategy with a synthetic research approach and considering the seven-step model of Sandlowski and Barso. Required data by keyword search Act, Acceptance and Commitment, Stuttering, Transformational Nerve Disorder in Library Resources, Theses and Articles in ERIC, GoogleSchoolar, ProQuest, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer Databases Magiran, Irandoc was collected between 1990 and 2021. It was used to search internal and external databases separately and in combination. Theoretical bases and main and combined themes were extracted, content analysis and classified. The results of the review and analysis of studies and researches showed that the act training program has been effective in the fields of acceptance and commitment training. The findings of this study, by specifying the nature of the admission and commitment education program, show that according to the existing theoretical and experimental background, this idea can be designed as an educational package for students with stuttering.

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