Background and Aim: Studies show that war survivors, including war veterans and their families, suffer from a wide range of psychological disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, mood and anxiety disorders, aggression, conflict and depression. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment on hope, resilience and happiness of psychiatric veterans.
Method: The present study is of pre-test, post-test and follow-up type in terms of applied purpose and in terms of method and nature of a quasi-experimental design. The statistical population of this study consisted of all psychiatric veterans referring to counseling centers and psychological and psychiatric services in Dezful city, from which 48 people were selected by available and targeted sampling method and randomly divided into 3 intervention groups: (17 (In the acceptance and commitment-based treatment group), (15 in the cognitive-behavioral therapy group) and (16 in the waiting list group). The instruments used in the present study included the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (1989), the Miller Hope Questionnaire (1988), the Connor and Davidson Resilience Questionnaire (2003), and the Acceptance and Commitment Treatment Program. The experimental groups performed intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy in 10 one-and-a-half hour training sessions, one session per week for two and a half months, while the control group underwent acceptance and commitment therapy. And did not receive cognitive-behavioral therapy during the research process. Analysis of information obtained from