수용전념치료 부모교육 집단상담 프로그램의 개발과 타당성 연구

초록

The present study was designed to develop the parenting group counseling program based on Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), and to test the validity of this program. Participants were consisted of 30 mothers who were enrolled in H cyber university and scored higher than 80 points on the Parenting Stress Index (PSI). For validating this program, 8 variables-parenting stress, parenting sense of competence, parenting acceptance, the psychological distress variables-depression and anxiety, and ACT’s 3 important therapeutic variables-psychological acceptance, mindful attention awareness, self compassion-are measured. Data were collected from 15 subjects in the ACT-treatment group and 15 in the control group over the course of 8 therapy sessions. Through repeated ANOVA tests, results showed a significant reduction of parenting stress and psychological distress variables, and significant increase of parenting sense of competence, parenting acceptance, psychological acceptance, mindful attention awareness, and self compassion variables in the experimental group. Finally the necessity for development of ACT parenting group counseling program and effectiveness of ACT parenting program are discussed and also the significance and limitations of this research, as well as implications for future research, is discussed.

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