The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Psychological Well-being and Resilience of Mothers with a Deaf Daughter in the City of Isfahan
Subject Areas : Educational
mitra
mohammadinejad
1
(Master in Counselling and Guidance, Khomeini Shahr Branch و Islamic Azad University Khomeini Shahr, Isfahan, Iran.)
farzaneh
Niknejadi
2
(Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Khomeinishahr Branch, Islamic Azad niversity, Khomeinishahr, Isfahan, Iran)
Keywords: psychological well-being, mothers with a deaf daughter, acceptance and commitment therapy, resilience,
Abstract :
The present research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on psychological well-being and resilience of mothers having a deaf daughter in the city of Isfahan. The research method was semi-empirical in the type of pretest–posttest with a control group. Statistical population included all mothers having a deaf daughter who was studying in a deaf girls’ school and a normal school in Isfahan city at the same time in the year 2017. The research instruments comprised of Ryff’s Psychological Well-being Scales (1989) and Connor-Davidson (2003) Resilience Scale. Using purposive sampling method, 30 people were chosen, and 15 mothers were randomly assigned to the experimental group and 15 mothers to the control group. Then, for the experimental group the acceptance and commitment therapy which by Wells and Sorrel (2007) has been developed in 10 sessions of 90 minutes was implemented. For data analysis, covariance analysis was used. The results indicated that acceptance and commitment therapy led to an increase in psychological well-being and resilience of mothers who had a deaf daughter (p < 0.05).
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