Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Schema Therapy on Separation Anxiety of Adolescent Girls

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Sara Pejman ¹ , نادره سهرابی شگفتی ²

1 - M.A in General Psychology, Marvdasht Azad University, Shiraz, Iran. (Corresponding Author) Email: [e-mail]
2 - دانشکده روانشناسی دانشگاه آزاد مرودشت، فارس، ایران

Received: 2024-05-07 Accepted : 2024-05-21

Keywords: separation anxiety, dialectical behaviour therapy, schema therapy.,

Abstract :

Purpose: The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy and schema therapy on separation anxiety among adolescent girls in Shiraz city.

Methodology: The research method was a experimental pre-test and post-test with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all female teenagers in the first and second secondary grades studying in Shiraz in 2022. Using random sampling, 45 students were divided into three groups (15 people), a control group (15 people), an experimental group with schema therapy training (15 people) and an experimental group. The experimental groups were subjected to dialectical behavior therapy and schema therapy for 8 sessions of 75 minutes, and the control group received the usual treatment. The therapeutic protocol Linch et al. (2003) was implemented for the dialectical behavior therapy group and the therapeutic protocol Yung et al. (2011) was implemented for the schema therapy group, and the control group did not receive any training. Statistical data analysis was done using covariance analysis and SPSS software version 23.

Findings: The results and data analysis showed that dialectical behavior therapy had a significant positive effect on separation anxiety and reduced it (P<0.001), the effect rate was equal to 17%, and schema therapy behavior therapy had a significant positive effect on separation anxiety. had and caused it to decrease (P<0.001), the effect was equal to 30%. The findings showed that after the intervention, both treatment methods improved the separation anxiety of adolescents compared to the control group.

Conclusion: Based on the results of the research, it can be said that dialectical behavior therapy and schema therapy, along with other treatment methods, is a suitable intervention method for improving the separation anxiety disorder of adolescents, and psychologists, clinical counselors and therapists in the field of adolescents can reduce the problems of adolescents suffering from separation anxiety by holding psychological workshops such as behavior Dialectical therapy and schema therapy should be used as convenient, accessible and low-cost treatments to help these people.

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