The effectiveness of acceptance-commitment therapy and comparison of its effectiveness with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on reducing prolonged grief disorder in Coronavirus-19 survivors

Maryam Abbaspour Gel Sefidi¹

1) Master of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Naein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Naein, Iran.

IOI Code : XEBH-GKKBF
Publication : 2nd National Conference on Clinical Psychology of Children and Adolescents(cpcauma2.ir)
Abstract :
    The purpose of this study was to The effectiveness of acceptance-commitment therapy and comparison of its effectiveness with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on reducing prolonged grief disorder in Coronavirus-19 survivors. This semi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up two month. The statistical population of this study included all women Coronavirus-19 survivors Esfehan city in year 1400 and 45 women with by convenience sampling were considered as the sample size in two experimental groups (each group of 15 women) and one control group (15 women). The experimental groups underwent acceptance-commitment therapy (8 sessions 90 minutes), and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (8 sessions 90 minutes), but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data prolonged grief ‐13‐Revised (PG‐13‐R) scale of Prigerson and et al (2021). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential (analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni). The results of the study showed that two types of treatment in post-test and follow up had a significant effect on prolonged grief disorder in in Coronavirus-19 survivors (P<0.05). Also, acceptance-commitment therapy had stronger effects in improvement of prolonged grief disorder than mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (P<0.05). Based on the results of this study, it can be said that acceptance-commitment therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can be used as a treatment to improvement of prolonged grief disorder in Coronavirus-19 survivors in counseling centers and psychological services.

Keywords : acceptance commitment therapy mindfulness based cognitive therapy prolonged grief disorder coronavirus 19 survivors