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Comparison of Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Reducing Depression sympto...
ISSN: 2292 - 2598
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Comparison of Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Reducing Depression sympto...
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Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
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Abstract
This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in reducing depression symptoms and increasing happiness of Iranian adolescent girls in Shiraz-Iran in 2017-2018 educational year. The research method was quasi- Experimental with assessing participants with pre -Test, Post-Test plans and control group. The Statistical population of this study consisted of 45 adolescent girl Students- between 13-17 years old - who were referred to the school's student counselling centres because of their poor mental well being. They were selected by convenient sampling method and then they were randomly divided into three groups of 15 participants (two experimental groups and one control group). The Depression and Happiness variables were assessed by using Beck's Depression Inventory (1996) and the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (1989) respectively. Commitment Therapy Package...
