Nurses need effective psychological interventions to improve quality of their life and promote resiliency to professional and social challenges. The purpose of this s tudy was to inves tigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy on quality of life and resilience of nurses. Materials and Methods: This s tudy was an experimental research inves tigation, using pre-pos t and follow-up tes ting plans with a control group. The s tatis tical population was all nurses working in hospital in 22 different areas of Tehran. Among them, one hospital (Khatam Alanbia) was selected by multi s tage clus ter sampling technique, and then randomly 40 nurses were selected and placed into two control and experimental groups.The experimental group participated in a twelve-session group therapy based on acceptance and commitment plan for 12 weeks, while the control group received no intervention. In order to collect data, the WHOQOL ques tionnaire and the Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC) was used. Results: The results showed that acceptance and commitment training was significantly improved their quality of life (F1,28=9.1; P = 0.005) and resilience (F1,28=12.3; P = 0.002). In the follow-up s tudies, this effect was significantly permanent on quality of life (F1,28=9.9; P = 0.004) and resilience (F1,28=13.66; P = 0.001) of nurses. Conclusion:Improving skills using acceptance and commitment training can be considered as an ideal method for increasing resilience and improving the quality of life of nurses.

Introduction: Nurses need effective psychological interventions to improve quality of their life and promote resiliency to professional and social challenges. The purpose of this s tudy was to inves tigate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy on quality of life and resilience of nurses. Materials and Methods: This s tudy was an experimental research inves tigation, using pre-pos t and follow-up tes ting plans with a control group. The s tatis tical population was all nurses working in hospital in 22 different areas of Tehran. Among them, one hospital (Khatam Alanbia) was selected by multi s tage clus ter sampling technique, and then randomly 40 nurses were selected and placed into two control and experimental groups.The experimental group participated in a twelve-session group therapy based on acceptance and commitment plan for 12 weeks, while the control group received no intervention. In order to collect data, the WHOQOL ques tionnaire and the Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC) was used. Results: The results showed that acceptance and commitment training was significantly improved their quality of life (F1,28=9.1; P = 0.005) and resilience (F1,28=12.3; P = 0.002). In the follow-up s tudies, this effect was significantly permanent on quality of life (F1,28=9.9; P = 0.004) and resilience (F1,28=13.66; P = 0.001) of nurses. Conclusion: Improving skills using acceptance and commitment training can be considered as an ideal method for increasing resilience and improving the quality of life of nurses.

Background: Gender Dysphoria (GD) affects the personality, behavioral, cognitive, emotional, and metacognitive systems of individuals, and people with GD are more susceptible to psychological disorders. Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness group training on the hope and resilience of people with GD. Materials & Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test, post-test, and three-month follow-up design and a control group. The study population comprised all people with GD visiting the State Welfare Organization of Shiraz in 2020. The sample consisted of 30 people suffering from GD, selected by convenience sampling method. We randomly divided the participants into experimental and control groups (n=15 per group). The experimental group underwent eight sessions (90-minute sessions per week) of mindfulness group training. The research instruments included the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale and Miller Hope Scale. Data analysis was performed using repeated measures ANOVA. Results: The mean age of participants was 31.49±9.19 years and 47% were male. Participants in the mindfulness group training showed significant improvement in the scores of hope (P=0.04) and resilience (P=0.03) compared to the control group. Conclusion: The findings indicated that mindfulness training using techniques such as mindful thoughts, emotions, and behavior can serve as an effective therapy to increase the level of hope and resilience in people with GD.