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Comparison of the effectiveness of reality therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on social anxiety and attitude to the life in head of household women with
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Maryam Asadi Khalili    , Seyedeh Olia Emadian * , Mohammad Kazem Fakhri |
| Sari Branch, Islamic Azad University , emadian2012@yahoo.com |
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Introduction: Head of household women are exposed to various psychological and social harms. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of reality therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to social anxiety and attitude to the life in head of household women with symptoms of social anxiety.
Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test, follow-up, and control groups. The statistical population of this study included all head of household women referring to Baran and Navid social work clinics in Sari city in 1398, of which 45 people were selected by targeted sampling method and randomly in experimental groups (reality therapy and acceptance and commitment-based therapy and control were included. The tools used included the Jerabek Social Anxiety Scale (1996) and Battista &Almond and Life Regard Index (1973). Data were analyzed by mixed analysis of variance with repeated measures and version 19 of SPSS software.
Results: Data analysis showed that acceptance and commitment therapy and reality therapy were effective in improving attitudes toward life meaning and social anxiety in head of household women with symptoms of social anxiety (P<0/05). There was no significant difference between the mean of reality therapy group with acceptance and commitment therapy in these variables (P>0/05).
Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, psychological interventions such as reality therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy can be effective in improving social anxiety and attitudes about the meaning of life in the head of household women with symptoms of social anxiety.
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| Keywords: reality therapy, acceptance and commitment, attitude to the meaning of life, social anxiety, head of household women with symptoms of social anxiety |
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Received: 2020/06/24 | Accepted: 2020/08/24 | Published: 2020/10/31 | ePublished: 2020/10/31
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