Aims: As a prevalent metabolic disease, diabetes can be followed by severe mental outcomes leading to problems affecting the daily life. The aim of the study was to determine the effects of acceptance and commitment-based intervention on illness perception and psychological capital in persons with type II diabetes.
In the controlled pretest-posttest semi-experimental study, 34 patients with type II diabetes were studied in the Diabetes Clinic of Chamran Hospital of Ferdows City in 2015. The subjects, selected via available sampling method, were randomly divided into two groups including control (n=17 persons) and experimental (n=17 persons) groups. Data was collected by short illness perception questionnaire (IPQ) and Luthans’ psychological capital questionnaire (PCQ). Eight 60-minute acceptance and commitment-base intervention sessions were weekly conducted in experimental group. Data was analyzed by SPSS 18 software using descriptive statistics and covariance analysis test.
Findings: The pretest score having been adjusted, the acceptance and commitment-based intervention significantly increases the scores of illness perception and its sub-scales (p=0.0001) except the personal control sub-scale. In addition, it significantly increases the scores of the psychological capital and its sub-scales (p=0.0001) in patients with type II diabetes.
The acceptance and commitment-based intervention can considerably improve the illness perception and the psychological capital in persons with type II diabetes.

The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of intervention based on acceptance and commitment in parent-child conflict resolution strategies in mothers of students with learning disabilities. The population consisted of all pre-school students with learning disabilities referring to the learning disruption center of Meybod city. By available sampling method, 22 mothers of these students were selected and randomly assigned to the control and experimental groups. In the experimental group, participants received 8 two-hour admission and commitment training sessions and the control group received no intervention. Data collection was performed by the Parent-Child Conflict Questionnaire Murray A. Strauss (2002). Data were analyzed by the analysis of variance with repeated measurement. Based on the results, it can be said that eeffectiveness of intervention based on acceptance and commitment in decreasing the parent-child conflicts has a positive and meaningful effect on the mothers of students with learning disorder.

Act is one of the third generation therapies in which there is trying to alter the one ̓s relationship with his or her thoughts and feelings instead of changing the cognitions. The aim of this research is to evaluate the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on reducing depression and anxiety in infertile women who undergoing In vitro fertilization (IVF). ACT has not used for reducing anxiety and depression in pregnant women before. In this study Quasi-experimental pretest-posttest and follow up with control group was used. Among women who had primary or secondary infertility, undergoing IVF, and were at 14-22 weeks gestational age, available sampling was conducted. 35 women with above feature, assigned to experiment (17) and control (18) groups randomly. SCID and BDI-II and BAI were used for assessing depression and anxiety; before the intervention and after it; and all of them repeated one month after ending the intervention. The experimental group participated in 8sessions of ACT, which lasted 90 minutes weekly; while control group didnt undergo any training. To examine the hypothesis, mixed analysis of variance between - the subjects (SPANOVA) was used. Analysis of mixed variance of the effects between-groups for depression and anxiety showed the significant level was less than 0/05. Thus with 95% reliability, it can be resulted that Act was effective for decreasing of depression and anxiety in experimental group. The results indicated by creating psychological flexibility, ACT decreased depression and anxiety in pregnant women who undergoing IVF significantly. This reduction remained one month after ending of intervention.
It seems acceptance and commitment therapy as a complementary treatment, in addition to medical treatments for infertility, improves the health of the mother and fetus during pregnancy and can have an important role.

Autism spectrum disorder is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders, the diagnosis of which in children has a negative impact on the quality of life of parents, especially mothers. Thus, the present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effect of cognitive behavioral training with an intervention based on acceptance and commitment on the self-esteem of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder.

The current research was a semi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design that included two experimental groups and a control group. The study sample included 36 mothers with children with autism spectrum disorder in Rasht City in 2019, who were selected according to the entry and exit criteria. These participants were placed in one of three groups: cognitive behavioral intervention, acceptance and commitment therapy, or the control group. At first, the self-esteem questionnaire (Sorensen, 2005) was administered as a pre-test to all three groups. The first experimental group received cognitive behavioral training in ten 90-minute sessions, and the second experimental group received acceptance and commitment therapy in eight 60-minute sessions, while the control group did not receive any intervention. Then, a post-test was conducted with all three groups. And after three months, the follow-up was done. The data were analyzed using univariate covariance analysis.

The results of this study showed that the effectiveness of the on acceptance and commitment therapy for self-respect (1.318) was different from that of the cognitive-behavioral training group. And the results of the dependent t test showed that in the cognitive behavioral training group (P=0.491, t(11)=0.713) and the intervention based on acceptance and commitment (P=0.067, t(11)=2.028) no significant difference was observed between the two stages of post-test and follow-up on self-esteem (p<0.05).

Based on these findings, it can be stated that both methods of cognitive behavioral education and intervention based on acceptance and commitment increased the self-esteem of mothers with children with autism spectrum disorder. The implications of the obtained results are discussed in the article.

Aims: The stress caused by the violent experiences of war not only creates problems for the veterans, but also their families and children are indirectly affected by the psychological stresses of the war. Children educational problems and, consequently, the educational performance of these students is one of the problems in school. This research aimed to determine the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with emphasis on educational problems on Academic performance of veteran's children.
Instrument & In this semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design, 30 male high-school students who were veteran's children, were studied in Ardakan city in the academic year of 2015-16. They were selected by purposive sampling and were randomly assigned in experimental (n=15) and control (n=15) groups. First, all participants completed the academic performance questionnaire as a pre-test scores.The experimental group received 8 sessions of the intervention weekly (2 hours), but there was no intervention for the control group. After intervention and two months later, all participants answered to academic performance questionnaire again. Data were analyzed by SPSS 21 software using repeated measures ANOVA and Benfronny's post hoc test.
Findings: Academic performance scores at the post-test in the experimental group were significantly higher than the control group and the improvement maintained in follow-up stage (p Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with emphasis on educational problems affects on academic performance of veteran's children.

Cancer is among various chronic diseases, and in spite of vast advancements made in medicine, progress of cancer treatments and the increasing number of survivors of cancer, this disease is still unique concerning the feelings of helplessness and deep fear which brings about in the individual. Compared to parents of healthy children, parents of children with cancer are more prone to psychological problems such as anxiety, depression, stress, and mental health threats in general. The present study was conducted by the aim of investigating the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on quality of life in mothers of children with cancer.
The present research was conducted by a semi-experimental method which used a pretest-posttest with control group design. Among all the mothers of children with cancer who visited The Institute of Supporting Children with Cancer (Mahak) in Tehran in 2016, 30 individuals were selected by available sampling method, and they were assigned into experiment and control groups randomly (15 individuals per group). The assessment of quality of life in the subjects was done by The World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQL). Participants of the experiment group received acceptance and commitment therapy for 8 sessions, while the control group received no intervention. For analyzing the data, univariate covariance analysis (ANCOVA) and SPSS v20 were used.
Mean and standard deviance of the subjects’ scores of quality of life in the experiment group was 70.40 ± 6.40 in the pretest, and it was 92.87 ± 13.35 in posttest. In addition, in the control group, mean and standard deviance of quality of life was 69.07 ± 5.73 in the pretest, and it was 68 ± 7.58 in the posttest. Results of the univariate covariance analysis suggested that the acceptance and commitment therapy had significantly improved quality of life in subjects of the experiment group in posttest (F = 45.35 and P Acceptance and commitment therapy was effective in improving quality of life in mothers of children with cancer. This therapeutic method is recommended as an appropriate and effective intervention for reducing psychological problems in parents of children with chronic diseases. Keywords: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cancer, Quality of Life

Diabetes is a widespread, malignant and progressive disease. People who suffer from diabetes experience different psychological and physical disorders during and after treatment. This paper was done to study the effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on decreasing depression and anxiety symptoms in patients with diabetes type-1.
The quasi-experimental method with control and experimental group, which is based on pre and post tests was used in this study. After completing the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21) questionnaire, 20 participants who had the criteria for this research, were chosen and divided into two groups of 10, experimental and control (waiting for treatment) group. Experimental group recevied eight sessions of intervention of ACT and no intervention was done for control group. Data were analyzed by analysis of covariance with repeated measurements using SPSS-20 software.
The findings showed that intervention based on ACT caused a significant reduction (p=0.01) in depression and anxiety symptoms in experimental group compared to the control group. So that subjects’ scores in experimental group had more meaningful reduction than the control group.
The results of this research showed that treatment based on acceptance and commitment therapy can be effective on decreasing depression and anxiety symptoms of patients with diabetes type-1.

The present study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy in reducing the symptoms of anxiety disorders in children from at risk families. Pretest, posttest, follow-up research design (with control group) was utilized in this quasi-experimental study.  The statistical population of the study comprised all children from at risk families in Tehran in 2018 who were enrolled in Kousha Cultural Support Center from among whom 30 girls aged between 10 and 15 were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria by purposeful sampling. Three subjects dropped out of the experiment whilst it was taking place. This resulted in the elimination of three participants from the control group. As a result, there were 12 participants in each of the experimental and control groups. The subjects in the experimental group received 10 sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy; however, the control group was not exposed to any intervention. The data were collected by Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (1997) and analyzed via repeated measures ANOVA. Data analysis revealed that the intervention based on acceptance and commitment reduced anxiety in the experimental group. Furthermore, the effects of the experimental condition persisted over time until the follow-up phase. Hence, it is recommended that counseling and support centers use this intervention to reduce the symptoms of anxiety disorders in children from at risk families and child labor.

In addition to the destructive effects of MS, there are emotional and psychological problems. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance, commitment and reality therapy based on reducing anxiety sensitivity in women with MS in Urmia. The research design was a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of this study included women with MS referred to the MS Association of Urmia in 1398, from which a sample of 45 people were selected voluntarily and were divided into two experimental groups and a control group. For the first experimental group, the intervention based on acceptance and commitment was performed, and for the second experimental group, reality therapy was performed, while the control group did not receive any training. The research instruments included Reese and Peterson Anxiety Sensitivity Scale (1985). Both treatments showed an effect on reducing anxiety sensitivity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and the most effective intervention acceptance and commitment (p <0.05) had an effect on reducing anxiety sensitivity. The findings of this study provide useful information about reality therapy and treatment based on acceptance and commitment to reducing anxiety sensitivity. Clinical counselors and psychologists can use both therapeutic interventions to reduce anxiety sensitivity in patients with MS.

The existence of mental and physical health defects creates multiple crises in individuals. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in hope and chronic pain among girls aged 20 to 50 years with physical disabilities.
This quasi-experimental study was performed with a pre-test and post-test design and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all girls with physical disabilities in Arsanjan, who were admitted to the Welfare Department of Arsanjan in 2020. The statistical sample consisted of 30 girls with physical disabilities who volunteered to participate in the study. Participants were randomly divided into two groups of fifteen: an experimental group and a control group. Data were collected using the Hope test (Schneider, 1991) and chronic pain (Cleland, 1996). The experimental group then received an ACT treatment program for eight 60-minute sessions. However, the control group did not receive any training. Statistical analysis was performed using a two-way analysis of variance with repeated measures at a significance level of 0.05 with SPSS software version 18.
Mean and standard deviation of the pre-test (post-test) score of the experimental group in the variable of hope was 12/64±7/41 (27/67±5/32) and the variable of chronic pain was 33/43±7/16 (26/37±5/27). No significant change was observed in the control group. Acceptance and commitment-based intervention increased hope and reduced chronic joint pain in the experimental group (p<0.001).
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) was effective in increasing hope and reducing chronic pain in girls with physical and motor disabilities, and in the follow-up period of the mentioned treatment, it also had a stable and sustainable therapeutic effect. Therefore, it can be used as a psychological intervention for girls with physical-motor disabilities.