Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Reducing Depression of Housewives in Tehran

This study aims at examining the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on decreasing housewives’ depression. This is a semi-empirical study with a pretest، posttest and control group. The statistical population of the study includes housewives of Tehran in the years of 2011 and 2012. The sample included 30 housewives who referred to 6 health homes of municipal district two in Tehran. Their depression scores were between 14 to 63 in Beck’s Depression Inventory and they were randomly divided into two similar groups. Then، treatment (acceptance and commitment therapy) was given to the experimental group in 10 sessions during a ten-week period but the control group received no treatment. The hypotheses of the study were tested by frequently-measured variance. The results indicated that acceptance and commitment therapy results in reduction of housewives’ depression (p01/0>، F= 42. 1).