The effectiveness of group emotional schema therapy on subjective, well-being, fatigue of patients with multiple sclerosis in Shiraz.

Subject Areas : Psychological Models and Methods

Azarmidokht Shahab ¹ , Hassan Ahadi ² , Farhad Jomehri ³ , Adid Kraskian-Mujembari ⁴

1 - PhD student, Islamic Azad University, Kish International Branch
2 - Full Professor, Faculty member of Science and Research University of Tehran
3 - Department of Psychology, School of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, School of Psychology, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

Received: 2019-01-08 Accepted : 2020-06-24 Published : 2020-01-21

Keywords: Subjective Well-being, Fatigue, Emotional Schemas Therapy, MS,

Abstract :

Aims: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of emotional schemas group therapy on subjective well being and fatigue in patients with MS. The statistical population included all patients with MS referring to neurology clinics of Shiraz hospitals. 40 patients with MS were randomly assigned into 2 experimental and control groups. Mowlavi Subjective well-being questionnaire, Fatigue Scale were completed by all two groups of participants. For data analysis, covariance analysis and variance analysis with repeated measurements were used. The results showed that emotional schemas group therapy had a significant effect on fatigue in patients with MS and reduced them, and their effects remained after 3 months follow up (p

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