The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Matrix on Communication Patterns of Married Women with Avoidance and Anxiety Attachment Style

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1 Department of Educational Sciences and Counselling, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran

2 Department of Educational Sciences and Counseling, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bojnord, Bojnord, Iran.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of acceptance and commitment therapy matrix training on the communication patterns of married women with an avoidance and anxiety attachment personality style. The investigation included all female students at the University of Bojnourd from 2019 to 2020. The study included 40 subjects who fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were randomly assigned to two experimental groups and two control groups. The subjects completed Christensen and Sullaway'’s Communication Patterns Questionnaire (CPQ) both before and after the intervention. Multivariate analysis of variance was implemented to analyze the data. The results suggested that the acceptance and commitment therapy matrix had an impact on communication patterns by increasing constructive communication patterns (P<0.001) and decreasing avoidance and demand-withdraw trends (P<0.001). However, communication patterns were not significantly influenced by attachment style, either alone or in interaction with the intervention (P>0.05). According to the research findings, the acceptance and commitment therapy matrix can be implemented to enhance the communication patterns of married women.
 

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research
Volume 15, Issue 2
2024
Pages 77-94

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  • Receive Date: 05 April 2022
  • Revise Date: 24 May 2022
  • Accept Date: 18 June 2022
  • First Publish Date: 18 May 2024
  • Publish Date: 20 July 2024

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