Comparison of the Effectiveness of Reality Therapy based on Choice Theory and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Communication Skills of Female High School Students

Background: communication skills are components of social empowerment which assist people to cope with daily life problems and difficult situations.objectives: this study aimed to compare the effect of reality therapy based on choice theory and acceptance and commitment therapy on the communication skills of female high school students.methods: the present study was semi-experimental with pretest, posttest, and follow-up design with a control group. the statistical population included all the female high school students in tehran during the academic year 2019-2020. a total of 45 students were randomly selected and assigned to two experimental groups (15 students in each group) and a control group (15 students). the interpersonal communication skills test of queendom (2004) was used as a data collection tool in this study. data were analyzed by one-way ancova, and bonferroni post hoc using spss (version 24).results: the results indicated that reality therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in post-test and follow-up significantly affect students' communication skills (p<0.05). also, acceptance and commitment therapy had stronger effects than reality therapy based on choice theory in improving communication skills (p<0.05).conclusion: it can be concluded that reality therapy based on choice theory and acceptance and commitment therapy can be used as a treatment to improve the communication skills of students in educational and therapeutic settings.