Comparison of the effectiveness of Olson's approach with acceptance and commitment on marriage expectation and responsibility of bachelor girls

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 PhD Student in Counseling, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Professor, Department of Counseling, Faculty Member of Kharazmi University (Teacher Training), Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Olson's approach to and the acceptance and commitment approach to marriage expectations and responsibility of bachelor girls in Iran.
Methods: This study was experimental and pretest-posttest with two experimental control group. The statistical population of the study consisted of all unmarried girls in Tehran in 1397. In this population, 60 girls were selected as a statistical sample and randomly replaced in three groups (two experimental and one control group). The required data were collected by using the Jones and Nelson (1997) and California Accountability Questionnaire (1987) using the Waste Scale in two stages of pre-test and post-test. Using a multivariate covariance test It was analyzed.
Results: Findings of the research showed that the average expectation of marriage and responsibility of bachelor girls remained higher in both experimental groups and the results of multivariate covariance showed that the impact of both approaches on reducing pessimistic and idealistic expectations of marriage and The increase in the realistic expectation of marriage and the significance of responsibility (p <0.001).
Conclusion: and the results of Bonferroni follow-up test showed that between the effectiveness of the two approaches in increasing the realistic expectation of marriage and accountability There is no significant difference, but the impact of acceptance and commitment approach on reducing pessimistic and idealistic expectations is more than the approach. Red Olson was.

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medical journal of mashhad university of medical sciences
Volume 61, supplment1
January and February 2019
Pages 203-213

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