Comparison of the effect of group therapy based on of acceptance and commitment therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy on resilience of divorce woman under the auspices of the imam khomeini relief committee and behzisti organization

Women, after divorce, do not have enough resilience to cope with lifechr('39')s problems and stresses, and literatures show the increase of resilience by acceptance and commitment and dialectical behavior therapy, two important treatments in the third wave, but it is not clear which one is more effective.

The purpose of this study was to determine comparison of the group therapy based on acceptance and commitment therapy and dialectical behavior therapy on resilience in divorced women.

The research method was quasi-experimental. The statistical population included all divorced women under the auspices of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee and Behzisti Organization (160 individuals) in Eghlid in 2019, 24 of whom selected with available sampling and randomly divided into acceptance and commitment therapy group, dialectical behavior therapy group, and the control group. One experimental group received acceptance and commitment therapy intervention (acceptance and commitment training package adapted from Honarparvaran, et al., 2018), (n = 8) and the other group received dialectical behavior therapy intervention (dialectical behavior training package adapted from Hadizadeh et al., 2018), (n = 8) in 12 sessions of 90 minutes. Individuals completed the Resilience Questionnaire of Connor and Davidson (2003) before, after and 2 months after the treatments. Research data were analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance and simple effects of the group by spss-22 software.

The results showed that group therapy based on acceptance and commitment and dialectical behavior therapy increase the resilience of divorced women (P<0.05) but there is no significant difference between the two therapies (P>0.05). Also, Benferoni pair comparison indicates the stability of treatment results in the follow-up phase.

According to the research findings, and the effectiveness of both approaches, the use of both treatments are auggested to the counseling clinics, specialists in the field of family and individual therapies in order to help these women to deal with difficult life situations.