The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-Based Approach on Psychological Well-Being of Married Female Head of Household

Atefeh Doustali Dastjerdi, Mahnaz Ghanbaripour, Solmaz Ramezani, Soraya Sadat Hosseini

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of acceptance and commitment approach on the psychological well-being of married women head of household in Isfahan. This study was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test. The study population consisted of all married women head of households covered by charity centers in Isfahan in 2018- 2019. For this purpose, 32 married women who were included in the study were selected and randomly assigned to either the experimental group and control Training based on acceptance and commitment approach on experimental group in Eight sessions of 90 minutes per week were performed Ryff (1995), psychological well-being variable was administered. The results of analysis of covariance showed that education based on acceptance and commitment approach on the increase psychological well-being and mastery of the environment, purposeful life, and the overall personal growth of married women in the experimental group compared to the control group in the post-test phase had a significant effect but on increasing self-acceptance, positive relationships and autonomy of the experimental group there was no effect on post-test.

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