yahya araghi; saeideh bazzazian; mojtaba amirimajd; mohammad ghamari
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of metacognitive education group and acceptance and commitment therapy on hopelessness of divorcing demanding couples. The research design was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest- follow-up with the control group. The statistical population ...
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of metacognitive education group and acceptance and commitment therapy on hopelessness of divorcing demanding couples. The research design was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest- follow-up with the control group. The statistical population included divorcing demanding couples who referred from the Family Court and Social Emergency Intervention Center to Psychological Services center in Marand 36 couples a total of 72 who scored higher than the cut-off point on the Beck hopelessness scale were selected by purposive sampling and randomly divided into two experimental and a control group (12 couples for each group). The research instrument was the Beck Hopelessness Inventory (BHI).and were analyzed using a mixed design. Results showed that both acceptance and commitment therapy and metacognitive therapy significantly reduced hopelessness of divorcing demanding couples (P≤0.01). Also, the comparison of the effectiveness of the two interventions showed that there was significant difference between the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and metacognitive therapy on hopelessness of participants, and meta-cognitive therapy was more effective than acceptance and commitment therapy (P≤0.05). It can be concluded that meta-cognitive therapy (MCT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can reduce the clients' hopelessness.
