The effectiveness of group therapy based on acceptance and commitment on social functioning, fear of negative evaluation and anger rumination in the cultural background of divorced women

Subject Areas : Psychology

Marjan Aram ¹ , Alireza Taghvaee ²

1 - M. A. Grauated, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naein, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naein, Iran

Received: 2024-08-08 Accepted : 2024-09-23 Published : 2024-12-19

Keywords: fear of negative evaluation, group therapy based on acceptance and commitment, social functioning, anger rumination, divorced women,

Abstract :

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of group therapy based on acceptance and commitment on social functioning, fear of negative evaluation and anger rumination in the cultural background of divorced women. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a statistical population including all divorced women in Isfahan city. Using available sampling method, 30 divorced women who visited Aftab meeting center in Isfahan city in 2024 were selected and replaced in two experimental groups (15 people) and control group (15 people). The data were collected using the Self-Assessment Scale of Social Adaptation by Bosc et al. (1997), the Fear of Negative Evaluation Questionnaire by Watson & Friend (1969), and the Anger Rumination Scale by Sukhodolsky et al. (2001). The obtained data were analyzed at two levels of descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance) using spss-22 software. The findings showed that group therapy based on acceptance and commitment increased social performance and reduced fear of negative evaluation and anger rumination in divorced women (p≥0.05). In other words, group therapy based on acceptance and commitment reduced the fear of negative evaluation and rumination of anger and increased social functioning in divorced women. As a result, group therapy based on acceptance and commitment can be used by psychologists and counselors as a culture-based intervention for divorced women.

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