The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

in Reducing Symptoms of Avoidant Personality Disorder

among a sample of University Female Students

Abstract:

The two researchers aimed to identify The effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in reducing symptoms of Avoidant Personality Disorder among a sample of university female students, and the sample consisted of 13 female students, who were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n= 6) with an average age 25.666 And a standard deviation 0.816, and a control group (n=7) with a mean age 25.428, and a standard deviation 0.534. The Homogeneity between the two groups was checked in age, avoidant personality disorder symptoms, Acceptance and Action, Mindfulness, Cognitive Fusion, and Valued Living. It Was used Avoidant personality disorder (APD) scale Preparation/ Two Researchers, the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire – (II AAQ- II) by/  Bond, Hayes, Baer, Carpenter, Guenole, Orcutt, ... and Zettle (2011) Translation/ Two Researchers, Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale (PHLMS) by/ Cardaciotto, Herbert, Forman, Moitra and Farrow (2008), Translation/ Two Researchers, Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire (CFQ) by/    (2014) Gillanders, Bolderston,  Bond, Dempster, Flaxman, Campbell, L,…... and Remington, Translation/ Two Researchers and Valued Living Questionnaire (Importance - consistency of action with value) by/Wilson, Sandoz, Kitchens, and Roberts,  (2010), Translation/ Two Researchers. And The acceptance and commitment therapy program, prepared / the two researchers, and the program consisted of 12 topics that included acceptance and commitment therapy processes, and they were distributed into 22 sessions, and the session duration ranged between 50 - 60 minutes. The validity of the tools was verified by the content validity, and the correlative validity, and the reliability was verified by the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and Split-Half, It was reached to the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in reducing symptoms of Avoidant Personality Disorder among a sample of university female students. it was recommended by the importance of expanding in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy research on a variety of samples and in a variety of environments and on various problems and disorders. And the training of workers in the field of psychotherapy and counseling on the rules, foundations and applications of acceptance and commitment therapy, and work to provide educational materials, research and literature specialized in acceptance and commitment therapy, and provide many appropriate treatment alternatives to reduce symptoms of avoidant personality disorder, and provide and allocate practical conferences in the field of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to share experiences, and to conduct more qualitative and quantitative research and study of Avoidant Personality Disorder.