The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Based Psychoeducation Program in Reducing Fear of Negative Evaluation

Authors : Erol UĞUR, Mustafa KOÇ

Pages : 101-110

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Publication Date : 2021-03-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study evaluates the effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ACT); based psychoeducation program in reducing fear of negative evaluation. The study was conducted with 26 university students. 26 participants were equally assigned to research groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(experimental n=13, control n=13);. An 8-week psychoeducation program was implemented. In the current study, a pretest-posttest control group design was used. The Turkish version of The Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(BFNE); was administered to experimental and control groups three times insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(pretest, posttest, and follow-up);. According to the findings, group*time effect was found to be significant for fear of negative evaluation. The data revealed that being in different experimental conditions affects students` pre-test, post-test, and follow-up test scores differently. It was found that the ACT-based psychoeducation program has a significant effect in reducing fear of negative evaluation scores.
Keywords : Fear of Negative Evaluation, Psychoeducation, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy