Acceptance-commitment Therapy-based Psychoeducation for Individuals Experiencing Earthquakes

This research aims to reduce the stress level of individuals within the scope of acceptance and determination-based psychoeducation, to increase the individual's positive expectations for the future, to increase the sense of hope, which represents the individual's belief in the world and his thoughts that life is worth living, and to increase the individual's adaptation and coping skills after negative situations. It is aimed to increase the defined psychological resilience. The research is planned to be carried out with individuals registered in Bursa-Kütahya container city and Qatar-2 Container city in Hatay Antakya District and who experienced the earthquake centered in Kahramanmaraş on February 6, 2023. The population of the research will consist of individuals who experienced the earthquake registered in Bursa Kütahya container city and Qatar-2 container city. The sample of the research will consist of 40 people living in Bursa Kütahya container city and Qatar-2 container city and agreeing to participate in the research. The experimental group will be composed of 60 people, while 40 people will constitute the control group. In both groups, an introductory information form, Dispositional Hope Scale, The Brief Resilience Scale and Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale will be applied to individuals with face-to-face interview technique and the answers given by the individuals will be recorded. After 8 weeks of acceptance and commitment-based psychoeducation is given to the experimental group, the forms used in the research will be re-administered to both the experimental group and the control group. Follow-up will be done 3 months after the last session of the training. The research will be conducted as a randomized controlled experimental. The research is planned between March 2024 and 20 September 2024.