Journal of Counseling Research

Abstrac Purpose:The present study examines the impact of group counseling based on acceptance and commitment therapy(ACT) on the quality of life addicts wives. Method: The population of the study consists of all wives of drug abusers in addiction treatment centers located in Isfahan, Iran. For this purpose, thirty of them and then randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Pretest- posttest and follow-up test design were employed in both experimental and control groups. The participants to the World Health Organization quality of life questionnaire which assesses the pretest. The experimental group recived 8 sessions of 90 minute acceptance and commitment therapy(ACT) but the control group received no intervention. Immediately after the intervention and amonthe later the participants again responed to the quality of life questionnaire. Result: The results showed that the experimental group who receive intervention based acceptance and commitment to the participants in the control group behind test the quality of life (and subscales) had abetter score. This in creases the score at follow-up was maintained. Conclusion: According to the result we can conclude that group counseling based on acceptance and commitment therapy significant effect.