Effectiveness of the acceptance and commitment group therapy on the symptoms of homesickness, anxiety and emotional regulation in College students

Document Type : پژوهشی

Authors

1 islamic azad university isfahan(khorasgan) branch

2 ferdowsi univercity of mashhad

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment group therapy on homesickness, anxiety and cognitive emotional regulation among college students referring to Mashhad University clinic.
Method: The design of this study was semi-experimental with a pretest–posttest control group design. 30 people were selected by the purposive method and assigned into two groups (experimental group and control group – 15 people in each group). Homesickness questionnaire, anxiety questionnaire, cognitive emotional regulation were used to measure the dependent variables.
Findings: The results showed that ACT has various significant effects on homesickness feeling than the control group (P

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