Studying the effect of group based schema therapy on social phobia in the female students of grade 2 high schools.

Khavari, Masoumeh and Narimani, M. and Zahed, A. and Abolghasemi, A. (2010) Studying the effect of group based schema therapy on social phobia in the female students of grade 2 high schools. Other thesis, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

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Abstract

This study aims is survey the efficiency of group based schema therapy on girl high school students with social phobia. The method of the current study is experimental, and control-group pretest-posttest design was used. Statistical population of the this survey is composed of all girl students of grade 2 high school of razan city Hamedan province, who study in 1388-1389 educational year. Study sample in first stage of the research (identification dominant schemas) is composed of 30 students with social phobia, and in next stage for (schema therapy intervention) is composed of 16 students with social phobia, that were selected first by multi step clustral sampling method and then by simple random sampling, and were placed randomly in two examined group (n=8) and controlled group (n=8). A group schema therapy was carried out for 15 sessions based on therapy package of Young, Klosko, Wishaar (2003) for the experimental group. All of the subjects were evaluated by structured clinical interview for diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, social phobia questionnaire, brief young schema questionnaire, interpretation questionnaire-r, fear of negative evaluation questionnaire, beck’s anxiety inventory and Rosenberg self-esteem scale, before beginning of therapy and after therapy. And, young parenting inventory, young-rygh avoidance inventory, young compensation inventory and multi lateral life incident questionnaire were used in order to present the therapy. Also independent t test was used for data analysis. Statistical analysis showed that, group schema therapy has been efficient for decreasing the intensity of social phobia signs meaningfully (p=0/01). The results of the present study showed that the girl school students with social phobia have higher levels of early maladaptive schemas in the area of particularly in turn, the subjugation, unrelenting standards/ hyper criticalness, entitlement/ grandiosity, social isolation/ alienation, defections/ shame, failure and entitlement/ grandiosity. The results indicate that, group schema therapy has been consider ability efficient for, decreasing the intensity of both Fear of negative evaluation (p=0/008) and anxiety (p=0/001), but it’s efficiency for decreasing interpretational/ judgmental bias hasn’t notable. The results show that, has increased the students self- esteem significantly (p=0/005). Also Results suggest that, the process of group schema therapy has been efficient for decreasing and restructure the emotional deprivation, abandonment/ instability, failure, subjugation earlier maladaptive schemas in girl school students with social phobia. Furthermore, our results suggested that, this research protective the young schema model for, treatment of II axis disorders, and it is in accordance with researches that, had been done on efficiency of group based schema therapy.

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