COMPARISON OF EFFECT IRANIAN – ISLAMIC POSITIVE THERAPY WITH ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF INFERTILE WOMEN IN ISFAHAN CITY

female infertility is a problem that affects almost every aspect of women's lives.
Infertile women usually experience Psychological problems. Therefore, this research aimed to study
comparison of effect of Iranian – Islamic positive therapy with acceptance and commitment therapy on
psychological well-being of infertile women in Isfahan city.
Materials & Methods: This research was a three- group quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest
and three- month follow-up. 45 infertile women referring to Isfahan Fertility and Infertility Center
selected by purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (ACT, IIPT,
control). The data collection tool was Ryff Psychological Well-being Questionnaire (PWBQ). Data were
analyzed using repeated measures analysis of variance, one-way ANOVA, and Bonferroni test.
Results: in the post-test, there was significant difference between experimental groups (Iranian – Islamic
positive and ACT) with the control group at psychological well-being (p<0/01), but there wasn't
significant difference between Iranian – Islamic positive group and ACT Group (p>0/05). In the follow
up, there was significant difference between Iranian – Islamic positive group and control group at
psychological well-being (p<0/05), but there wasn't significant difference between ACT Group and
control (p>0/05).Also In the follow up, there wasn't significant difference between Iranian – Islamic
positive group and ACT group (p>0/05).
Conclusions: After the treatment period, in short- term, Both of Iranian – Islamic positive therapy and
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in increasing psychological well-being were effective, so
that, there was significant difference between experimental groups with control group, whereas there
wasn't significant difference between two experimental groups. in the three-month follow-up period, in
long-term, treatment outcomes related to psychological well-being in Iranian – Islamic positive group
was maintained, but in ACT treatment outcomes related to psychological well-being was not maintained