Discussion
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Work and family are the two most influential aspects of a person’s life. The balance between a person’s work and family life has drawn more and more research attention. The conflict between work and family can adversely affect an organization’s and an individual’s health and well-being [The researchers in the present study used the work-related acceptance and action questionnaire to measure the effect of ACT on improving work-related psychological flexibility among intern nurses. The current findings reflect a statistically significant difference between the study and control group concerning work-related psychological flexibility after finishing the intervention and after a one-month follow-up with a large effect size of 79%. It can be said that ACT trains students to maintain their attention on the present and take appropriate action toward achieving their goals and upholding their values, even when faced with challenging or unwanted psychological events such as thoughts, feelings, physiological sensations, images, and unwanted memories.Moran [The current study’s findings revealed a substantial difference in intern nurses’ work-family conflict ratings between the study and control groups. In other words, ACT reduced work-family conflict in the study group compared to the control group before and after, and the effect was sustained with a large effect size (94.3%) throughout a one-month follow-up. However, most intern nurses in the intervention group reported suffering from value conflict between their family and work. In line with our findings, Sabil et al. [The researchers focused on the two essential areas of life rather than on two conflicting values. They used different ACT skills, like acceptance and present-moment exercises, to overcome thoughts and feelings that interfered with the chosen values. As well as the researchers used the tug-of-war with a monster metaphor as an example to increase the intern nurses’ awareness about accepting their conflicting thoughts rather than resisting them. A group of intern nurses was asked to imagine pulling the robe with a researcher, giving them a chance to provide alternative solutions to that battle when the monster on the other side of the robe was unbeatable. They were convinced to accept and let go of the struggle with their perplexing thoughts and feelings rather than suppress them or avoid them experientially.The present study finding is congruent with a study entitled “Comparison between the effects of group-based ACT and group-based reality therapy on work-family conflict & psychological well-being of married female staff,”. A study using a work conflict questionnaire on 45 employees found that group-based ACT can be utilized to increase psychological well-being and group-based reality therapy can be an effective method for reducing work-family conflicts [ACT improved social adjustment compared to the control group before and after, and the effect persisted over a one-month follow-up. The improvement in social adjustment was remarkably observed in all social adjustment subscales in the study group. It can be regarded as a decrement in the mean scores of the working role subscale, spare time activations, and role within the family unit. These results follow Tanhadoost et al. [Mirmoeini et al. [To explain the effect of ACT on social adjustment, we can say that today’s world requires more flexibility and individual and social adjustment than ever. Adaptability and flexibility can improve people’s lives [According to the current study findings, sustained improvement in work-family conflict, social adjustment, and work-related psychological flexibility after one month of implementing ACT might be explained by strengthening problem-solving abilities as an essential part of the ACT process. They were encouraged to find different methods to deal with their troubling thoughts and feelings. By this time, these attitudes had been acquired and internalized and could be employed autonomously and successfully. Another possible explanation is the effect of working memory consolidation caused by producing alternate solutions in metaphor demonstration.