Acceptance-Based Approaches for Recovery in Individuals with Trauma Experience: An Integrative Review

Background: This study examined the characteristics and recovery outcomes of acceptance-based interventions for individuals with trauma experience in Korea, using the psychological flexibility model as an analytic framework.Methods: Five Korean databases were searched, yielding 2,156 records; from these, fifteen intervention studies were selected. Intervention content was rated for each of the six processes and summarized using the triflex categories of open, aware, and active.Results: The program composition differed according to lineage. Five of the eight acceptance and commitment therapy-based programs addressed all six processes as distinct sessions, while six of the seven mindfulness-based programs were organized around awareness and did not address cognitive defusion or self as context. Committed action was the process least often identified as a distinct session. Recovery was operationalized mainly as symptom reduction, and acceptance showed the most consistent change, although this was measured less often.Conclusions: When developing acceptance-based interventions, processes that follow awareness training and recovery indicators beyond symptoms reduction warrant greater attention.