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Effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on marital satisfaction and marital burnout in mothers of children with autism disorder

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Maede gholamzade 1
fatemeh bayanfar 2

1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Master of Counseling and Guidance, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of treatment based on acceptance and commitment (ACT) to increase the marital satisfaction . this study was in the form of a quasi-expreimental intervention in the form of pre-posttest   control  group.the  population of this study was mother’s of children with autism whom were members of autism association of Iran in Tehran city. method of sampling in this study was in access which included 20 mothers whom were appointed into experiment and control group randomly. .The experiment group received therapeutic intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy for at least eight sessions of group therapy (each session one hour. The study’s instrument was Enrich Marital Satisfaction 1998. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Analyzes of multivariable variance showed that acceptance and commitment therapy can increase marital satisfaction of mothers of children with autism and average rate of marital satisfaction in experiment group was significantly higher than control group. in conclusion; The treatment of acceptance and commitment therapy can result increase marital satisfaction in mothers of children with autism.

Keywords

aAcceptance and commitment therapy
marital satisfaction
Autism
couples
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