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Kimiaei S A, Sarkhosh M, Bigdeli I, Jokar M H. The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on Body Image, Sexual Satisfaction, And Fear of Intimacy in Women with Scleroderma. 3 2025; 17 (47) :1-16
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Master’s degree graduate from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
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Background and Objective: Scleroderma causes many psychological, emotional, and interactional harms to affected women, which is essential to reduce these harms by using appropriate psychological treatments. Accordingly, the present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) on body image, sexual satisfaction, and fear of intimacy in women with scleroderma. Method: The present study was a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this study consisted of all married women with scleroderma in Mashhad. The sample size of this study was 24 people, randomly assigned to two groups of 12, control and experimental, who were selected using convenience sampling. In this study, acceptance and commitment therapy was implemented in the experimental group, and the variables of body image fear, sexual satisfaction, and fear of intimacy were examined as dependent variables. The Littleton Body Image Fear Scale, Hudson Sexual Satisfaction Questionnaire, and Descanter and Thelen Fear of Intimacy Questionnaire were used to collect the required data. At the beginning of the treatment period, the experimental and control group members answered the research questionnaires, and after 8 sessions of acceptance and commitment therapy intervention, the scales were completed again by them and the data were analyzed with SPSS software. Findings: The findings of this study showed that acceptance and commitment therapy had a significant effect on body image fear, sexual satisfaction, and fear of intimacy in women with scleroderma. (p=0.05). Conclusion: Based on the findings of this study, the use of acceptance and commitment therapy is recommended as an effective psychological intervention to improve body image fear, sexual satisfaction, and fear of intimacy in women with scleroderma.
Keywords: Acceptance And Commitment Therapy, Body Image Fear, Sexual Satisfaction, Fear of Intimacy, Scleroderma
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Received: 2025/03/29 | Accepted: 2025/05/31 | Published: 2025/05/31
Received: 2025/03/29 | Accepted: 2025/05/31 | Published: 2025/05/31
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