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The Effectiveness of "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" on Anger Rumination and Multidimensional Body-Self Relations of Female Students of the Secondary Level with Social Phobia
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Forough Kolahkaj   , Leila Bakhshi Sooreshjani |
| Department of Psychology, Behbahan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Behbahan, Iran , bakhshi.la@gmail.com |
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Introduction: Social phobia is one of the most common psychological disorders, which is characterized by the fear of being in social situations and the fear and worry of being negatively evaluated by others. The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" on rumination of anger and multidimensional body-self relations of female students of the secondary level with social phobia disorder in Ahvaz city.
Methods: This research was a semi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and follow-up (60 days) with a control group. The statistical population of this research included all female students of the secondary level of Ahvaz city in the academic year of 2022-2023. The research sample included 60 people with known social phobia disorder, were divided by simple random sampling based on lottery into 2 intervention groups (30 people) and control (30 people). Research instruments include demographic questionnaire, "Anger Rumination Scale", "Multidimensional Body-Self Relations Questionnaire" and "Social Phobia Inventory". which was implemented at the level of 2 groups of subjects and in 3 stages of pre-test, post-test and follow-up. Validity of instruments using qualitative methods and reliability was measured by internal consistency method by calculating Cronbach's alpha. The experimental group had 8 sessions and each session lasted for 60 minutes as a group and weekly and based on the "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy". The data was analyzed by SPSS .23.
Results: "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" is effective on anger rumination (P<0.01, F=21.07) and Multidimensional Body-self Relations (F>0.05, P=5.97) of female students of the secondary level with social phobia.
Conclusions: "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy” had a significant effect on reducing rumination of anger and Multidimensional Body-self Relations. It is suggested that counselors in school help to reduce the level of rumination of anger and reduce concern about students' body image by implementing "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy" in case of social phobia in students.
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| Keywords: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Anger Rumination, Multidimensional Body-Self Relations, Social Phobia, Female Student. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
health services management
Received: 2024/07/7 | Accepted: 2024/10/15 | Published: 2025/07/1
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