نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشجوی دکتری مشاوره، گروه مشاوره، واحد اهواز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اهواز، ایران
2 استادیار گروه روانشناسی، واحد سوسنگرد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، سوسنگرد، ایران
3 استادیار گروه مشاوره، واحد مسجد سلیمان، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، مسجد سلیمان، ایران
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Objective: The aim of the current study was to investigate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Self-Criticism and Pessimistic Marital Expectation in Neurotic Perfectionist girls.
Method: The statistical population consisted of all Neurotic Perfectionist girls in Ahvaz (2022). The research sample consisted of 5 girls that were selected according to the results of the neurotic perfectionism questionnaires (NPQ), using purposeful sampling method. In this research, a single-case experimental design, type of concurrent multiple baseline designs was used. To evaluate the Self-Criticism, The Levels of Self-Criticism Scale and Pessimistic Marital Expectation, Marital Expectation Scale were used. Instruments were Thompson and Zuroff ʼs The Levels of Self-Criticism Scale (LSCS) (2004) and Jones & Nelson ʼs Pessimistic Marital Expectation Scale (1996).
Findings: The data was collected in three phases of baseline, during intervention, and three month follow-up. The findings indicate that the subjects in the treatment phase experienced improvement in Self-Criticism (21.42) and Pessimistic Marital Expectation (18.23), and in the follow-up in regards to Self-Criticism (51.68) and Pessimistic Marital Expectation (24.86). The change index was indicative of meaningful changes (z=1.96 α=0.05).
Conclusion: the research findings illustrated that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy reduces Self-Criticism and Pessimistic Marital Expectation by increasing psychological flexibility.
کلیدواژه‌ها [English]
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