The Effect of Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed With Generalized Anxiety Disorder on Cognitive Avoidance Levels and Coping Attitudes

The Effect of Psychoeducation Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Applied to Patients Diagnosed With Generalized Anxiety Disorder on Cognitive Avoidance Levels and Coping Attitudes

This study will be conducted to determine the effects of acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation on cognitive avoidance levels and coping attitudes in patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.

H0: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation has no effect on the cognitive avoidance levels and coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.

H1: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation reduces the cognitive avoidance levels of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.

H2: Acceptance and commitment therapy-based psychoeducation affects the coping attitudes of patients diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder according to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and receiving outpatient treatment
• Being literate
• Having no problems understanding or speaking Turkish
• Being in the 18-65 age group
• Having not received such training in the last 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those diagnosed with another comorbid mental illness Patients with a mental condition that makes cooperation impossible, such as intellectual disability or memory impairment
• The illiterate
• Patients who do not consent to be interviewed