Therapy (ACT) on the Co-dependency of a Group of the Mothers of Addicted Individuals

Sajad Sohrabnejad, Zahra Reaisi, Hamid Hassanpour

Abstract


Co-dependency not only is the most prevalent addiction but only becomes the “basis†of what all the other addictions and Obsessions results from it. There is not a good management for it so far. Aim: the aim of the present research is to study the effectiveness of therapy based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on reducing co-dependency of the mothers of addicted individuals. The present research is semi-experimental research with pre-test and post-test together with control group. The research population includes 48 of the co-dependent mothers of the addicted individuals in Tehran which have been selected with the use of availability sampling method. Then with Random assignment half of them (24) have been allocated to experimental group and the other half (24) have been allocated to the control group. Research instrument: co-dependent questionnaire (CODI). For data analysis covariance test has been used. The results indicate that there is a significant difference between the experimental and control group in terms of the overall score of co-dependency (P<0.001). conclusion: the findings of this research regarding the effect of group Psychotherapy based on acceptance and commitment (ACT) on reducing co-dependence of the mothers of addicted individuals that with accepting the feelings and accepting their real self and reconstructing and Strengthening efficient values and committing to performing them, co-dependence of the mothers of addicted individuals have shown a significant reduction comparing to the period before the therapy.

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