Comparing the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Schema Therapy on Resilience of Divorced Women Referring to Welfare

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

2 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

3 Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Madani University of Azarbaijan, Tabriz, Iran.

10.22034/jmpr.2023.58885.5894

Abstract

Divorce is one of the stressful experiences of the family that can lead to low resilience among couples. The aim of this research was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and schema therapy on the resilience of divorced women referring to welfare. The method of this research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group. The statistical population consists of all the women who referred to Tabriz welfare in the second half of 1402-1401, of which 60 people were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and one control group (20 people in each group) by random sampling became. The pre-test and post-test were conducted after the treatment interventions based on acceptance and commitment and schema therapy. Connor and Davidson's resilience questionnaire (2003) was used to collect data, and multivariate covariance analysis was used to analyze hypotheses. The results showed that both interventions were effective on resilience variable (p<0.05). According to the results of the present study, there was a difference between the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and schema therapy in the dependent variable, and the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy was more than schema therapy. The results of the present study show that treatment based on acceptance and commitment has an effect on increasing resilience and improving the condition of divorced women.

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Journal of Modern Psychological Researches
Volume 20, Issue 77
April 2025
Pages 25-36

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  • Receive Date: 18 October 2023
  • Revise Date: 18 November 2023
  • Accept Date: 01 December 2023

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