[01] Maliheh Ramezaninezhad Godarzi, Faculty of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [02] Ali Akbar Rahmatiyan, Faculty of Psychology, University of Lincoln, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment based group therapy on anxiety, depression and mental health of patients with cancer in Sari. The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test with two groups of experimental and control. The statistical population consisted of cancerous patients referred to Sari city. The statistical sample of the study consisted of 60 subjects, two groups (30 experimental group and 30 control group) who were voluntarily and purposefully selected and were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Anxiety, Beck Depression Inventory and Mental Health Questionnaire were used for data collection. Multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance were used for data analysis. Findings of the present study show that group therapy based on acceptance and commitment is effective on anxiety, depression and mental health of cancerous patients. The findings of this study indicate the effect of acceptance and commitment group therapy on anxiety, depression and mental health of cancerous patients and its consistency with previous research findings indicates the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment group therapy in Cancer that is recognized as an effective and useful treatment and should be addressed further.

Group Therapy, Anxiety, Depression, Mental Health

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