Effectiveness of Leahy’s cognitivebehavioral therapy and Young's schema therapy on social anxiety disorder and its dependent symptoms

Shaygan Manesh, Zahra and Sobhi Gharamaleki, Naser and Narimani, Mohamad (2016) Effectiveness of Leahy’s cognitivebehavioral therapy and Young's schema therapy on social anxiety disorder and its dependent symptoms. Doctoral thesis, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

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Abstract

This research is a clinical trial study investigated the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and schema therapy designs by determining and comparing social anxiety in the experimental and control groups when entering the treatment, after treatment, and 6 weeks after treatment. The sample of study comprised 60 patients with social anxiety obtained the highest score in the social anxiety test of (SPIN). The scores of subjects were obtained using social anxiety scale and Multi-dimensional Body Self Relations. After homogenization, samples were divided into two experimental groups and one control group. In experimental groups, 20 people were trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, according to Leahy package during 20 sessions and 20 people were trained in schema therapy according to Yang package, while 20 people in the control group received no training. Data were collected by self-report method and they were analyzed using SPSS software. Results showed that there was significant difference between social anxiety and multi-dimensional self-body improvement in the experimental group, when entering the study, after treatment, and after 6 weeks of treatment. While, in the control group, significant difference was not observed in this regard. This means that cognitive-behavioral therapy and schema therapy were effective in reducing social anxiety and improving the multidimensional self-body relations.

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