Evaluation of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment treatment on couples' flexibility during corona virous

The aim o f this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment based therapy o n couples' flexibility during coronation..The method of the present study is considered as a applied research in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection method is a quasi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all couples referring to counseling clinics in Mashhad. The selected sample consisted of 3 4 subjects who were selected from two counseling clinics by available sampling and then randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups. The experimental group received acceptance and commitment based therapy but the control group did not receive any training. The instrument used in this study was the cognitive flexibility of Dennis and Vanderwall (2010). The data were analyzed using the statistical method of analysis of covariance. Increased cognitive flexibility in couples(p <0.05).According to the obtained results, i t can be stated that acceptan ce and commitment therapy is one of the useful treatment methods in increasing the flexibility of couples durin g the corona and can increase the quality of li fe and psychologica l well-being in couples. Therefore, this treatment method can be used as one of the usef ul treatments in this field during corona.