Ethics code: IR.ACECR.JDM.REC.1400.074
1- Science and Arts University, Yazd, Iran
Abstract: (582 Views)
Background & Objectives: In recent years, the prevalence of psychological problems among adolescents and young people has increased significantly; Based on this, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of treatment based on acceptance and commitment for death anxiety and corona anxiety in adolescent girls.
Methods: The current research was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test design with a control group. The statistical population included all teenage girls with corona in Yazd city in 2020-2021. Thirty volunteers were selected based on the criteria for entering and exiting the study and were randomly replaced in two groups of 15 people, experimental and control. The data were obtained using Alipour et al.'s Corona Anxiety Questionnaire (1389) and Templer's Death Anxiety (1970) before and after the implementation of the educational program based on commitment and acceptance. The experimental group underwent acceptance and commitment therapy during 8 sessions of 60 minutes (two sessions per week) and the control group did not receive any intervention. Statistical data was analyzed by analysis of covariance with SPSS version 23 software. The significance level of the tests was considered 0.05.
Results: The results of multivariate covariance analysis showed that the effect of treatment based on acceptance and commitment was effective in reducing corona anxiety and death anxiety in adolescent girls (p<0.001).
Conclusion: The results of the research determined that the treatment based on acceptance and commitment is effective in reducing the anxiety of Corona and the anxiety of death; Therefore, this program can be used to empower teenage girls to reduce the anxiety of Corona and the anxiety of death.