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Volume 24, Issue 147 (5-2025)
Journal of Psychological Science 2025, 24(147): 117-134 |
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Khajavi Godellou G, Farshbaf Manisefat F, Golmohamadi Gozalbolagh S. (2025). The effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-Based Therapy on Alexithymia and Mental Health Indicators in Suicide Attempters. Journal of Psychological Science. 24(147), 117-134.
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Department of Psychology, Azad University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran , Farshbaf@iaurmia.ac.ir
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Background: Suicide is a growing social problem. Attempting suicide, even if it is not successful, has many psychological consequences, which shows the necessity of conducting the present study.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based therapy on alexithymia and mental health ndicators in suicide attempter.
Methods: This research is a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study includes all women with a history of suicide attempts who were referred to comprehensive health service centers and Shahin Rathi Shahin Dezh Hospital in the first 4 months of 2019, who had a history of suicide attempts in the past year. A total of 30 people (15 people in the experimental group and 15 people in the control group) were selected by simple random sampling and answered the Toronto alexithymia Questionnaire Bagby et al (2004) and the SCL-90 mental health of Derogatis et al (1973) in the pre-test and post-test. The experimental group underwent acceptace and commitment-based therapy in 8 sessions (90 minutes each session and once a week). The data was statistically analyzed through SPSS 19 software and with univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance test.
Results: The results showed that the acceptance and commitment-based therapy reduced alexithymia (p< 0.01) and mental health indicators including somatization, anxiety and interpersonal sensitivity (p< 0.01), depression, psychoticism, phobia and hostility (p> 0.05).
Conclusion: According to the obtained results, it can be concluded that the acceptance and commitment-based therapy led to the reduction of alexithymia and improvement of mental health, it is suggested to perform psychological interventions such acceptance and commitment-based therapy to improve the mental state and Attention should be paid to the emotions of people attempting suicide.
Aims: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based therapy on alexithymia and mental health ndicators in suicide attempter.
Methods: This research is a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study includes all women with a history of suicide attempts who were referred to comprehensive health service centers and Shahin Rathi Shahin Dezh Hospital in the first 4 months of 2019, who had a history of suicide attempts in the past year. A total of 30 people (15 people in the experimental group and 15 people in the control group) were selected by simple random sampling and answered the Toronto alexithymia Questionnaire Bagby et al (2004) and the SCL-90 mental health of Derogatis et al (1973) in the pre-test and post-test. The experimental group underwent acceptace and commitment-based therapy in 8 sessions (90 minutes each session and once a week). The data was statistically analyzed through SPSS 19 software and with univariate and multivariate analysis of covariance test.
Results: The results showed that the acceptance and commitment-based therapy reduced alexithymia (p< 0.01) and mental health indicators including somatization, anxiety and interpersonal sensitivity (p< 0.01), depression, psychoticism, phobia and hostility (p> 0.05).
Conclusion: According to the obtained results, it can be concluded that the acceptance and commitment-based therapy led to the reduction of alexithymia and improvement of mental health, it is suggested to perform psychological interventions such acceptance and commitment-based therapy to improve the mental state and Attention should be paid to the emotions of people attempting suicide.
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Received: 2024/03/28 | Accepted: 2025/02/28 | Published: 2025/02/25
Received: 2024/03/28 | Accepted: 2025/02/28 | Published: 2025/02/25
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