Comparison the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and solution-oriented therapy on on couples\' emotional regulation

Abstract

Background: Research has shown that acceptance and commitment-based therapy increases psychological flexibility and the treatment of Solution-oriented therapy changes the attitude and way of expressing references from talking about a problem to talking about a solution (Bakum 2008). Aims: The purpose of this research is effectiveness, Acceptance and commitment based therapy was based on the emotional regulation of couples in Tehran. Method: The research method was semi-experimental with pretest-posttest and follow-up with the control group the sample consisted of 45 couples who were referred to Parham Medical Advice Center who were selected by available sampling method and were randomly assigned into two groups of experimental and control. For the first group, treatment was based on acceptance and commitment, and for the second group, the solution-based treatment and the control group did not receive any training. The research was carried out with the help of the ERQ Grass and Jon (2003) emotional regulation Questionnaire. For analysis of data, repeated variance analysis was used. The results indicated the effect of education on emotional regulation (p<0.001) in experimental group couples compared to control group. The findings suggest that adherence-based treatment and decision-based solutions have affected the emotional order of couples and reduce their problems.

Keywords

• acceptance and commitment-based treatment
• treatment of problem-based solutions
• emotional regulation
• couples