Bahareh Montazernia; Shirin Kooshki; Mohammad Oraki; Bahram Mirzaian
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Objectives: Diabetes is a chronic, multifaceted and threatening disease which has significant psychological complications. The purpose of this study was comparing the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training (DBT-ST) on cognitive emotion regulation ...
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Objectives: Diabetes is a chronic, multifaceted and threatening disease which has significant psychological complications. The purpose of this study was comparing the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Training (DBT-ST) on cognitive emotion regulation in patients with type II diabetes.Method: The design of this quasi-experimental research was a pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all patients with type II diabetes referred to Baghban (Touba) Medical Clinic in Sari in 2019, among whom 45 patients were selected through the convenience sampling method and then randomly assigned into three groups. The first group received ACT, the second group received DBT-ST, and the third group was considered as a control group. Data were collected using a 36-item Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Garnefsky et al., 2001) in three stages of pre-test, post-test, and follow-up, and were analyzed by repeated measurement variance analysis.Results: The results showed that ACT and DBT-ST were significantly more effective on cognitive emotion regulation for the experimental groups compared to the control group (effect sizes 0.911 & 0.967, respectively). The effectiveness of DBT-ST compared to ACT was more significant on cognitive emotion regulation scores (effect sizes 0.967) at (P>0.01).Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that ACT improved psychological indexes and mental health of patients with type II diabetes due to acceptance of unfavorable emotions and thoughts, commitment, and DBT-ST for emotion regulation and mindfulness components.
mojtabga aghili; Sara ramrodi
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on goal orientation and feeling of inferiority in individuals with physical-motor disabilities.
Methods: This study utilized a quasi-experimental method. The statistical population consisted of all students ...
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on goal orientation and feeling of inferiority in individuals with physical-motor disabilities.
Methods: This study utilized a quasi-experimental method. The statistical population consisted of all students with physical-motor disabilities in Kalaleh County (n = 517). Among them, 30 students were selected as a sample using a convenience sampling method. After explaining the purpose of the research and signing the consent form, they were divided into two groups of 15: the experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in eight ACT training sessions (one 60-minute session per week), while the control group just answered pretest and posttest questionnaires. For this purpose, Elliot and McGregor's Achievement Goal Orientations Scale (2001) and Eysenck's Feelings of Inferiority Questionnaire (1976) were used.
Results: The findings indicated the effect of ACT-based training on mastery-approach goal orientation and feeling of inferiority in students with physical-motor disabilities and its effect was reported 0.50. Examining the means showed that the mastery-approach goal orientation increased, and the feeling of inferiority decreased after ACT.
Conclusions: Overall, the findings of this study showed that acceptance and commitment based therapy is It is effective in targeting the goal and feeling inferior in students with physical and motor disabilities.
Sayed Mostafa Abdollahi; Amin Rafiepoor; Mehrdad Sabet
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Objective: Considering the possible role of psychological factors in the process of cardiovascular disease and also the fact that these factors interact with biological agents to produce effects on cardiovascular disease, the present study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment ...
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Objective: Considering the possible role of psychological factors in the process of cardiovascular disease and also the fact that these factors interact with biological agents to produce effects on cardiovascular disease, the present study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on mental health, hopefulness and meaningfulness in people with cardiovascular disease.
Method: The present study was a semi-experimental research with pre-test, post-test and control group. The study population included all cardiovascular patients who were referred to Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center in January to March 2017, and had a history of myocardial infarction or open heart surgery in the last month. Among them, 30 patients were selected to participate in the study. The subjects were randomly assigned into the experimental and control groups. Data were obtained using Snyder Hope Questionnaire, Meaning-seeking Questionnaire, and General Health Questionnaire, which were analyzed by repeated measure ANOVA and SPSS 22.
Results: The results indicate that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of acceptance and commitment therapy and control group on physical symptoms (F=355.21, P<0.0001), anxiety (F=183.51, P<0.0001), social functional dysfunction (F=77.42, P<0.0001), depression (F=233.32, P<0.0001), hopefulness (F=28.59, P<0.0001) and meaningfulness (F=134.92, P<0.0001) in people with cardiovascular disease.
Conclusion: In acceptance and commitment therapy, accepting the psychological inflexibility and avoiding the acceptance of annoying feelings and thoughts, leads to the strengthening of these feelings and their further thoughts. In this approach, patients are helped to focus on the present time and identifying their values instead of living in the past and future, and to act in accordance with their values and goals, even in spite of existing annoying thoughts and feelings.
