The Effectiveness of schema therapy on rumination, loneliness and general health of divorced women

Subject Areas : Educational

mansooreh nikoogoftar ¹ , alireza sangani ²

1 - Department of Psychology, University of Payame nour, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

Received: 2018-11-06 Accepted : 2019-09-15 Published : 2020-07-22

Keywords: Schema Therapy, divorced women, Health Promotion, rumination, loneliness,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of schema therapy on general health, rumination, and loneliness of divorced women. The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. Twelve volunteers who were referred to counseling centers in Sari, were selected by volunteering method. They were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups and assigned to the social and emotional loneliness scale of adults (2004), the general health questionnaire (1972), the scale Nullen Hoeksma and Marrow (1991) rumbled in pre-test and post-test. The experimental group was trained in ten sessions based on the Young Schematic Protocol, Calcesko and Washir (2003). The results of the findings, using multivariate covariance analysis, showed that schema therapy significantly increased general health and reduced rumination and loneliness of divorced women. Anxiety (P=0.02), disruption in social function (P=0.001), depression (P=0.039), rumination responses (P=0/000), distracting responses (P=0/000), romantic loneliness (P=0,000), family loneliness (P=0,035) and social loneliness (P=0.007) in the experimental group receiving the intervention were different from that of the control group. It is recommended that Advisers and therapist’s use of schema therapy rules to rehabilitate women after divorce in order to increase general health, reduce rumination and facilitate social relationships.

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