The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy, reality therapy and positive psychology on psychological capital and excitement styles of people with multiple sclerosis

Subject Areas : Thoughts and Behavior in Clinical Psychology

Mehdi Eskandari ¹ , Simindokht Rezakhani ² , Masumeh Behbuody ³

1 - Dept. of Counseling, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
2 - Dept. of Counseling, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
3 - Dept. of Counseling, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran

Received: 2021-12-05 Accepted : 2021-12-05 Published : 2020-12-21

Keywords: psychological capital, multiple sclerosis, excitement styles,

Abstract :

Positive psychology identifies the sum   of hope, resilience, optimism, and   self-efficacy as psychological   capital.   The   purpose   of   this   study   was   to   investigate   the effectiveness   of acceptance and commitment group therapy, reality therapy  and positive psychotherapy  on psychological   capital   and   excitement   style   of   people with multiple   sclerosis.   For   this purpose  60  volunteer  women  with  multiple  sclerosis were   selected  and  divided  randomly into   five   group   (acceptance   and   commitment, reality   therapy,   positive   psychotherapy, placebo   and   control)   and   were   evaluated in   psychological   capital   and   excitement   styles. Intervention   held   in   8   session, each   lasting   90   minutes   for   experimental   and   placebo groups.  at  the  end  of intervention  and  also  three  months  later  (follow-up  period),  all  groups were   reassessed with   questionnaire.   Data   was   analyzed   using   analysis   of   covariance combined with repeated measures.  The  result  of  this  study  showed  that  reality  therapy  and acceptance  and  commitment  therapy  were  increasing  psychological  capital  of  women with multiple  sclerosis,  but  positive  psychology  only  increased  resiliency  and  hope. Also  reality therapy   comparing   to   acceptance   and   commitment   therapy   and positive psychology   was more  successful  method  of  increasing  psychological  capital.  Result showed  that  all  method can  influence  emotional  expressiveness  styles  and  reality therapy  is  more  effective  than  the other  two  method  in  increasing  psychological capital.