The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Social Support Perception and Body Dissatisfaction in the Elderly

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Abdolazimi Maryam; NIKNAM MANDANA

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Journal: JOURNAL OF AGING PSYCHOLOGY Year:2019 | Volume:5 | Issue:1 Page(s): 13-25

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The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Social Support Perception and Body Dissatisfaction in the Elderly

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Abdolazimi Maryam | NIKNAM MANDANA | Issue Writer Certificate

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Acceptance and commitment therapyQ1

social support perceptionQ1

body dissatisfactionQ1

elderlyQ1

Abstract

The growing trend of aging phenomenon propounds the need to pay attention to the issues of the elderly as a social necessity. Lack of social support and body dissatisfaction can cause problems for the elderly. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on social support perception and body dissatisfaction in elderly in Tehran in 2018. It was a semi-experimental study with pretest-posttest design including control and experimental groups. The statistical population included all the elderly attending Nasim elderly cultural center of Tehran who were selected through purposive sampling and randomly assigned to two groups of experimental (20 people) and control (20 people). The experimental group received 8 90-minute interventional sessions and the control group remained on waiting list. Perceptual Social Support questionnaire by Zamet et al. and Littleton's body dissatisfaction Questionnaire were used to collect the required data. Data analysis was performed using single variable covariance via SPSS19 software. Results suggested a meaningful difference on perceived social support and body dissatisfaction in two groups. The results showed that ACT improved perceived social support and its components, including family support, support from friends and important people to elderly. Also, results showed that ACT improved dissatisfaction with the body and its components, including hiding perceived defects and interference concern with social functioning to elderly. The results of present study reported the effectiveness of ACT on elderly. Therefore, it is suggested that psychologists and therapists may use this method to improve the psychological problems in elderly.

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Abdolazimi, Maryam, & NIKNAM, MANDANA. (2019). The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Social Support Perception and Body Dissatisfaction in the Elderly. JOURNAL OF AGING PSYCHOLOGY, 5(1 ), 13-25. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/259418/en

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Abdolazimi Maryam, NIKNAM MANDANA. The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Social Support Perception and Body Dissatisfaction in the Elderly. JOURNAL OF AGING PSYCHOLOGY[Internet]. 2019;5(1 ):13-25. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/259418/en

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Maryam Abdolazimi, and MANDANA NIKNAM, “The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Social Support Perception and Body Dissatisfaction in the Elderly,” JOURNAL OF AGING PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 5, no. 1 , pp. 13–25, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/259418/en

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