Lee, J. H., & Son, C. N. (2013). The Effects of the acceptance-commitment group therapy (ACT) on the self-control, psychological well-being, experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion in alcoholics. The Korean Journal of Stress Research, 21(1), 41-50.
The purpose of the this study was to develop the acceptance-commitment group therapy (ACT) for alcoholics and to evaluate the effects of the acceptance-commitment group therapy (ACT) on the self-Control, psychological well-being, experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion. For this study, 7 alcoholics were assigned into treatment group (ACT) and 10 assigned into control group. The time of each session was 2-hours and the program was held 2 times a week for 5 weeks. Both the treatment group and the control group were had pre-treatment, post-treatment, and the 1 month follow-up assesment with The psychological well-being, experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion. The results showed that at the post-treatment assesment (ACT), the treatment group reported significantly higher psychological well-being compared to the control group. At the follow-up assessment, the effects of the treatment group was maintained. In addition, the treatment group reported significantly lower scores in level of cognitive fusion and experiential avoidance. but significant changes in experiential avoidance was not occurred. Results indicated that the treatment group showed more treatment effect than the control group in experiential avoidance, psychological well-being and cognitive fusion. These results suggest that the acceptance-commitment group therapy can be applied effectively for alcoholics. (Korean J Str Res 2013;21:41∼50)