Mansooreh Nasirharand; Behnam Makvandy; sasan bavi; Reza Pasha
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IntroductionThe aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of schema therapy and compassion-focused therapy on marital life satisfaction and maladaptive schemas. Marital relationships are the most basic and important interpersonal relationships that create the basic structure for establishing ...
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IntroductionThe aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of schema therapy and compassion-focused therapy on marital life satisfaction and maladaptive schemas. Marital relationships are the most basic and important interpersonal relationships that create the basic structure for establishing family relationships and raising children. One of the common concepts to show the level of happiness and stability of this marital relationship is the concept of marital satisfaction. Another variable that can affect women's performance is early maladaptive schemas. Early maladaptive schemas are beliefs that people have about themselves, others, and the environment, and typically stem from the satisfaction of basic needs, especially emotional needs, in childhood. Various factors can affect and change the variables of early maladaptive schemas and marital satisfaction of women. Schema therapy and compassion-focused therapy play an important role in this satisfaction.MethodsThe present study was an experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and follow-up with a control group. The statistical population included married women students of Ahvaz Azad University in 2019 which 60 of them with a history of marriage between 1 to 5 years were selected by purposeful method and then randomly divided into two experimental groups (20 people each) and one control group (20 people). The research tools were marital satisfaction questionnaire and initial maladaptive schemas questionnaire. The schema experimental group received eight 90-minute schema therapy sessions and the compassion experimental group received eight 90-minute compassion-focused treatment sessions based on Gilbert's concepts. Data analysis was performed using multivariate analysis of covariance. ResultsThe results showed that schema therapy is effective on marital satisfaction of married women and also on four of the five domains of primary maladaptive schemas and treatment focused on compassion on marital satisfaction and on all five domains of primary maladaptive schemas. Also, comparing the means of schema therapy and compassion-focused therapy in the dependent variable of marital satisfaction in the post-test and follow-up stages showed that there is no significant difference between schema therapy and compassion-focused therapy in terms of effectiveness on marital satisfaction. Schematic therapy and compassion-focused therapy in the dependent variable of maladaptive schemas showed that the difference between the means of these two groups in none of the five areas of early maladaptive schemas in the post-test and follow-up stages was significant. Therefore, it can be said that there is no significant difference between schema therapy and compassion-focused therapy in terms of the effect on initial maladaptive schemas in the post-test phase and the follow-up phase.DiscussionAccording to the obtained results, schema therapy and compassion-focused therapy can be used to improve marital satisfaction and early maladaptive schemas in married female students.
nima asadzadeh; behnam makvandi; parviz askari; reza pasha; farah naderi
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IntroductionAmong the dimensions of psychiatric pathology, anxiety is considered as one of the most common psychiatric disorders. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of reality-therapy on social adjustment, psychological well-being and self-criticism among people with generalized ...
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IntroductionAmong the dimensions of psychiatric pathology, anxiety is considered as one of the most common psychiatric disorders. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of reality-therapy on social adjustment, psychological well-being and self-criticism among people with generalized anxiety disorder.MethodThe methodology of this research is a pre-test-post-test with control group one. The statistical population included all people with anxiety disorder, who referred to Ahvaz psychological treatment clinics in 2017. A sample of 40 people were selected using a targeted sampling method from the population, and were randomly assigned to the experimental group and the control group. The average age of participants in the Reality Therapy group was 40.51 years and in the control group was 40.38 years. The inclusion criteria for entering the study was confirmation of generalized anxiety by using Beck test. Exclusion criteria was also not having consent to participate by subjects in any of research stages, or having a disorder other than anxiety, which is was asked as self-report and in the form of a general question of the subjects.