The comparing effectivness of schema therapy and acceptance/commitment therapy on forgiveness among divorced women

Divorce is among the important factors, which can cause the family circle to disintegrate. It has many consequences on the society and can be the origin of numerous social harms.

The purpose of this study was to comparing effectivness of schema therapy and acceptance/commitment therapy on forgiveness among divorced women of Tehran city.

This experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and two months follow-up. The statistical population of this study included all the divorced women of Tehran city in year 1397. In this study, 45 divorced women were considered as the sample size in two experimental group’s (each group of 15 women) and control (15 women). The experimental groups underwent schema therapy (12 sessions 90 minutes) and acceptance commitment (12 sessions 90 minutes), but the control group received no training. To collect data Heartland forgiveness scale (HFS) of Thompson and et al (2005). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential (analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni).

The results showed that both of the schema therapy and acceptance commitment therapy used in this study can significantly improve forgiveness among divorced women. But acceptance/commitment therapy on forgiveness has a greater impact. Results highlight the importance of these interventions for forgiveness among divorced women and providing new perspectives in clinical interventions.

So pay attention to the effectiveness of schema therapy and acceptance commitment therapy in counseling and psychotherapy of forgiveness among divorced women has a special significance.