Comparing the Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution-focused Therapy on Quality of Life and Depression in young girls

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1 MA in Counseling, Hormozgan University

2 Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Kurdistan University, Sanandaj, Iran

3 University of IsfahanPh.D. Family Counseling, Isfahan University Isfahan, Iran

4 Ph.D. Student of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

5 University of Research Sciences of Tehran, branch of Yazd

6 M A, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Azad University of Hormozgan, Hormozgan

Abstract

A mental disorder depression is one of the major causes of quality of life that can impair educational, family, and social functioning to the point of disability. The research aim was to compare the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution-focused Therapy on Quality of Life and Depression in depressed young girls. This study was semi-experimental that used pretest and post-test design with a control group. The study population included all depressed girls that referred for treating depression in the year 2019 to counseling centers in Tehran, selected by available sampling method. The sample included 40 depressed young girls that were randomly assigned to three groups of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Solution-focused therapy and a control group. Data collected with a depression questionnaire and a quality of life questionnaire. Then Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Solution-focused Therapy for 9 sessions of 2 hours treated and the control group did not receive anything. Data were analyzed using multiple covariance analyses. Although the results showed that both treatments had a positive effect on depression and improved quality of life, but acceptance commitment therapy was more effective, and there is no significant difference between the two treatments in both variables. Therefore, acceptance and commitment therapy can be a treatment of choice to reduce depression and improve quality of life in depressed young girls.

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