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Volume 22, Issue 130 (12-2023)
Journal of Psychological Science 2023, 22(130): 237-251 |
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Varghaei N, Fathi Aghdam G, Amiri Majd M, Ebrahimi L. (2023). The efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy on emotional irritability, and family functioning in women affected by infidelity. Journal of Psychological Science. 22(130), 237-251. doi:10.52547/JPS.22.130.237
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Abhar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abhar, Iran , Fathi.gh@abhariau.ac.ir
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Background: Studies show that after the breach of contract is revealed and the complexity of the damages caused by it, high emotional irritability in people leads to an irreparable immediate reaction and affects the functioning of the family.
Aims: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of commitment and acceptance therapy on emotional irritability and, family functioning in women affected by infidelity.
Methods: The method of this research was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all women affected by a breach of contract who were referred to the prevention department of the Judiciary of Zanjan city (2021). Generally, 30 people were selected by purposive sampling based on the entry criteria and randomly assigned to the experimental (15 n) and control (15 n) groups.
Results: The data collection tool in the present study included the emotional excitability (Brithwaite, 1987), and the family functioning scale (Epstein et al., 1983). Eight 90-minute commitment and acceptance therapy sessions were the experimental group. Data analysis was performed using covariance analysis in SPSS23.
Conclusion: The findings from the one-way covariance analysis showed that the treatment based on commitment and acceptance caused a significant decrease in the average scores of the post-test of emotional irritability and an increase in the average scores of the post-test of family functioning in the experimental group compared to the control group. These findings indicate significant changes in the components of irritability and family functioning. Therefore, psychotherapists who work with a therapeutic approach based on commitment and acceptance.
Aims: The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of commitment and acceptance therapy on emotional irritability and, family functioning in women affected by infidelity.
Methods: The method of this research was a semi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all women affected by a breach of contract who were referred to the prevention department of the Judiciary of Zanjan city (2021). Generally, 30 people were selected by purposive sampling based on the entry criteria and randomly assigned to the experimental (15 n) and control (15 n) groups.
Results: The data collection tool in the present study included the emotional excitability (Brithwaite, 1987), and the family functioning scale (Epstein et al., 1983). Eight 90-minute commitment and acceptance therapy sessions were the experimental group. Data analysis was performed using covariance analysis in SPSS23.
Conclusion: The findings from the one-way covariance analysis showed that the treatment based on commitment and acceptance caused a significant decrease in the average scores of the post-test of emotional irritability and an increase in the average scores of the post-test of family functioning in the experimental group compared to the control group. These findings indicate significant changes in the components of irritability and family functioning. Therefore, psychotherapists who work with a therapeutic approach based on commitment and acceptance.
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Received: 2023/10/4 | Accepted: 2023/12/6 | Published: 2023/12/22
Received: 2023/10/4 | Accepted: 2023/12/6 | Published: 2023/12/22
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