The Effectiveness of a Counseling program based on Acceptance and Commitment in Reducing the Existential Vacuum among Widows in Riyadh

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of a counseling program based on acceptance and commitment to reduce the existential vacuum among widows. The study sample consisted of 18 widows randomly divided into an experimental and control group. A semi-experimental approach was applied to achieve the study objectives, the existential vacuum scale prepared by Demirtas (2018) which was translated and codified by the researcher, and a counseling program based on acceptance and commitment that involved eleven sessions of counseling, therapeutic, and rehabilitation for the target group.

The results indicated that there are statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups, in the dimensional measurement on the scale of existential vacuum in favor of the experimental group, and between the averages of the experimental group scores and the control group in favor of the experimental group after two months of follow-up.