Volume 27, Issue 4 (Winter 2022)                   IJPCP 2022, 27(4): 412-427 | Back to browse issues page


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Shareh H, Robati Z. Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Group Therapy on Cognitive Flexibility, Suicidal Ideation, Depression, and Hopelessness in Conscripts. IJPCP 2022; 27 (4) :412-427
URL: http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-3095-en.html
1- Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran. , hsharreh@yahoo.com.au
2- Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
Abstract:   (4832 Views)
Objectives: The present study aims to investigate the effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on cognitive flexibility, suicidal ideation, depression, and hopelessness in conscripts.
Methods: In this clinical trial with a pretest/posttest design using a control group, 60 conscripts were selected through a convenience sampling method from among those referred to military counseling centers in Khorasan Razavi Province of Iran in 2019, and were randomly assigned into intervention (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. The intervention group received ACT group therapy at eight weekly 90-min sessions, while the control group received no treatment. In the pretest and posttest phases, Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation, Beck Depression Inventory-II, and Beck Hopelessness Scale were completed by both groups. Data analysis was performed using the independent ‎‎t-test and analysis of covariance.
Results: ACT significantly led to increased cognitive flexibility and its components (P=0.001) and reduced suicidal thoughts (P=0.001), depression (P=0.001) and hopelessness (P=0.002).
Conclusion: ACT group therapy can reduce depression, suicidal ideation and hopelessness in conscripts by increasing their cognitive flexibility.
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Type of Study: Original Research | Subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
Received: 2020/04/19 | Accepted: 2020/10/6 | Published: 2022/01/1

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