Comparing the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-based Therapy and Intensive Short-term Dynamic Psychotherapy on Ego strength in women with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Subject Areas : general Psychology

Maryam Ezzatpoor ¹ , Zahra Tanha ² , Koorosh Amraei ³ , Koorosh Goodarzi ⁴

1 - Department of Psychology, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Khorram Abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khorram Abad, Iran, tell: 09013642238 [e-mail]
3 - Associate Professor of Psychology Department, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Lorestan, Khorram Abad, Iran. [e-mail]
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Borujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Borujerd, Iran [e-mail]

Received: 2024-02-25 Accepted : 2024-04-14 Published : 2024-05-21

Keywords: ACT, Dynamic Psychotherapy , Ego Strength, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder,

Abstract :

Abstract Introduction: My strength, a set of my actions is considered as one of the basic structures of personality. The normal process of transformation requires my ability to face the demands and conflicts of the institution, order, fTherefore, this research aims to compare the effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy. On the strength of me in women suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder-practice was done. Research Method: This research was a semi-experimental type with a pre-test, post-test and follow-up plan with a control group. The statistical population of the research included all the patients referred to the consultation centers of Mehr Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Imam Reza and Khorramabad Health Center in the second half of 1401-1402, of which 42 were participants in three short-term dynamic psychotherapy groups (14 people ), the treatment based on acceptance and commitment (13 people) and the control group (15 people) were selected by available sampling and placed in the experimental and control groups and according to the psychological strength questionnaire of Clough et al. (2002) in 3 They responded and the treatment group based on acceptance and commitment during 8 sessions based on the treatment protocol according to Hayes et al. and the control group did not receive training, and the obtained data were analyzed by variance analysis with repeated measurements. Findings: The results showed that the average difference of my strength components in the pre-test-post-test and pre-test-follow-up stages is statistically significant, but the average difference of those scores in the post-test-follow-up stages is not significant. Conclusion: According to the findings, treatment based on acceptance and commitment has increased the average of those components more compared to short-term dynamic psychotherapy. Based on this, it was concluded that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment is a more effective method to increase my strength in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder compared to short-term dynamic psychotherapy

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