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Background: Adolescents with conduct disorder often struggle with low levels of resilience and flexibility, leading to their peer rejection and social isolation. Aims: The present study was aimed at determining the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on resilience and flexibility in adolescents with conduct disorder. Methods: This semi-experimental study utilized a pre-test and post-test control group design. The statistical population consisted of all male inmates aged 15 to 18 at the Juvenile Correction and Rehabilitation Center in Sari, Iran referred by judicial order in the first quarter of 2023. From this population, 30 individuals were diagnosed with conduct disorder through clinical interviews, selected through purposive sampling, and randomly assigned to two 15-person experimental and control groups. Data were collected using the Wagnild and Youngs’s Resilience Scale (1990) and the Dennis and Vander Wal Flexibility Inventory (2010). Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA) was used to analyze the data. Results: The results of analysis of the data exhibited a significant difference in resilience and flexibility between the experimental and control groups at the post-test stage (P<0.05); Acceptance and Commitment Therapy resulted in increased flexibility and resilience in adolescent boys with conduct disorder. Conclusion: Given the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in improving resilience and flexibility in adolescents with conduct disorder, this approach can be utilized by counselors and psychologists in counseling and psychotherapy centers to help enhance the psychological and emotional capabilities of adolescents with conduct disorder.

Keywords: Conduct Disorder, Flexibility, Resilience, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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