Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PH. D student of conselling, Rodehen branch, Islamic Azad university, Rudehen. Iran

2 (correponding author) Assistant professor, Departmant of counselling, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad Univercity, Rudehen. Iran

3 Assistant professor, Departmant of Psychology, kharazmi, univercity, Iran

Abstract

Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance, commitment(ACT) and logotherapy on the interpersonal communication, female. Method: The research was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population included women teachers referring to counseling centers karaj who were selected using available sampling method from 45 of them and were randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group were replaced. Instrument: The research instrument was the Relationship Quality Questionnaire (Pierce, 1991). The experimental groups participated in 10 sessions of ACT sessions (Hayes,2004: 639-665) and logotherapy sessions (Frankl, 1963) in groups for two hours. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. Results: The results showed that the two experimental groups of treatment based on ACT and logotherapy were significantly different from the control group (P <0.05) and the interventions of the two groups improved social support, interpersonal conflict. And the depth of relationships in women, in comparison between the two experimental groups in the component of interpersonal conflict, there was a significant difference (P <0.05) that logotherapy was more effective in improving interpersonal conflict. But there was no significant difference in the components of social support and depth of relationships (P> 0.05) and the effectiveness of both groups was almost the same. Conclusion: It can be said that ACT and logotherapy improve the quality of women's relationships and can be used to reduce the problems of women's interpersonal relationships and promote social support, interpersonal conflict and the depth of relationships.

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