Authors
Department of psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy focused on self -compassion on social anxiety of adolescent girls. Thirty two female adolescents with social anxiety were randomly selected in Isfahan. The participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (sixteen persons in each group). The study performed in pretest, posttest and follow up stages. Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents (SAS-A) and demographical information questionnaires were used to gather the data. The interventions were consisted of self-compassion focused therapy with acceptance and commitment therapy method (8 sessions for experimental group). Data were analyzed by multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that acceptance and commitment therapy focused on self -compassion had a significant effect on Reducing of social anxiety in adolescent girls in posttest(P≤0.01) and follow up (P<0.02). The study supported that acceptance and commitment therapy focused on self -compassion can reduce social anxiety in adolescent girls.
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