The Effectiveness of Group Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Anxiety, Internet Aggression and Social Isolation in Adolescent with Internet Addition

Determining the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy on anxiety, internet aggression and social isolation in teenagers with internet addiction

Clinical trial with control group, with Factorial groups, double-blind, randomized, phase 2 on 40 patients, rand function of Excel software was used for randomization.

In order to conduct the research, the researcher will go to Kashan schools (girls and boys) with a written letter of introduction from Kashan University of Medical Sciences. Then, people who meet the entry criteria are randomly assigned to two treatment groups based on acceptance and commitment (ACT) and the control group. In the pre-test phase, all participants will complete questionnaires on Internet addiction, technology anxiety, Internet aggression, and social isolation.

-Conditions for entering the study: receiving a score of more than 46 in the Internet Addiction Questionnaire, Minimum age of 12 and maximum of 17, -Exclusion criteria: No response to more than 5% of the research questions, Lack of the motivation and consent to participate in the research

The intervention group will receive acceptance and commitment group therapy for 8 sessions of 45 minutes. The control group will not receive treatment during this period, but in order to comply with professional ethics, after the completion of the follow-up phase, the participants in the control group will also receive ACT treatment

Anxiety, Internet aggression, social isolation, Internet addiction

In order to conduct the research, the researcher refers to Kashan schools (girls and boys) with a written introduction letter from Kashan University of Medical Sciences. Adolescents who complete the internet addiction questionnaire and have internet addiction and meet the entry criteria are randomly selected in a stratified manner. In the first visit of the researcher, in order to comply with the ethical principles, information about the research was given to the participants (the number of meetings, the duration of each meeting, the way the meeting was held, etc.) and the right to withdraw from the research is provided. At any time, their consent will be obtained to participate in the research. Then, people who meet the inclusion criteria are randomly assigned to two treatment groups based on acceptance and commitment (ACT) and the control group. In the pre-test phase, all participants will complete questionnaires on Internet addiction, technology anxiety, Internet aggression, and social isolation. In order to eliminate the effect of the order of the questionnaires and to control the effect of the subjects' fatigue in answering the questions, a balance is made, so that the order of the questionnaires is changed randomly in all participants. It is also possible for them to answer questions twice. After completing the research tools in the pre-test stage, the ACT group patients will participate in 8 45-minute group therapy sessions weekly based on the treatment protocol, while the control group participants will not receive any treatment during this period. . , but in order to comply with ethical considerations, they will only receive psychological training unrelated to treatment (such as critical thinking training). After the treatment sessions are over, the above questionnaires will be administered again. Also, to check the durability of the effects of the treatment intervention, the participants of both groups, two months after the completion of the treatment and in the follow-up phase, will answer all the research tools again, and finally, the collected data will be analyzed and is analyzed. Also, in order to comply with professional ethics, after the completion of the follow-up phase, the participants in the control group will also undergo ACT treatment. It should be noted that the therapist is trained in the field of therapy based on acceptance and commitment. In addition, treatment sessions will be held under the supervision and advice of supervisors and consultants specializing in this treatment.