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The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on self-resilience of infertile women in Sari city

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Amin Afshin 1
Aref Asadpour 2

1 Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University

2 General Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tunkabon branch

Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on self-resilience of infertile women in Sari city. This research was a quasi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of all infertile women who referred to Hazrat Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari city in the second six months of 2014, whose number was 211 was reported by the hospital. The sampling method of the current research is available and with a targeted initial screening of 30 people, of which 15 people were selected for each experimental and reference group. The entire treatment process was carried out in eight individual sessions for 45 minutes for the experimental group.Connor and Davidson's resilience scale was used to collect data from the samples, and univariate covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. The findings showed that the independent variable (group) had a significant effect on the dependent variable (self-resilience) (F(28, 1) = 27.77 and P < 0.001). Therefore, it can be concluded that acceptance and commitment therapy has been effective on the self-resilience of infertile women.

Keywords

acceptance and commitment
Resilience
Female infertility
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