The Effectiveness of Schema Therapy on Dysfunctional Thoughts and Hopefulness in Female Dormitory Students

Subject Areas : Psychology

Fatemeh Azadi ¹ , Mehrnaz Azadyekta ² , Rozita Zabihi ³

1 - M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran.

Received: 2022-07-16 Accepted : 2022-09-09 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: Dysfunctional thoughts, Hopefulness, Schema Therapy,

Abstract :

The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of schema therapy on dysfunctional thoughts and hopefulness in female dormitory students in Tehran. The statistical population consisted of all female dormitory students in the 4th district of Tehran in 2019, among whom 30 individuals were selected using the purposeful sampling method and randomly assigned into experimental (15 subjects) and control (15 subjects) groups. The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and follow-up. Weismann & Beck (1978) Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale and Snyder & et al. (1991) Hopefulness Questionnaires were implemented for data collection. The experimental group underwent schema therapy in ten 90- minutes sessions once a week, but the control group did not receive any treatment. Then post-test and after two months the follow-up was proceeded. Multi variate covariance and analysis of covariance analysis was applied to analyze the collected data. The results showed that the schema therapy was effective on dysfunctional thoughts and hopefulness in female dormitory students in Tehran. The results were consistent up to the follow-up.

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