The comparison of the effectiveness Schema Therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on emotion cognitive regulation and early maladaptive schemas in women with suicidal thoughts (With an emphasis on culture)

Subject Areas : Psychology

Sara Feyzollahi ¹ (Ph.D. Candidate in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.)
Mohammad Naremani ² (Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.)
Tavakol Mousazadeh ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran.)

Received: 2023-06-18 Accepted : 2023-07-10 Published : 2023-09-23

Keywords: acceptance and commitment therapy, Emotion Cognitive Regulation, early maladaptive schemas, Suicidal ideations, Schema Therapy,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of schema therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy on emotion cognitive regulation and early maladaptive schemas in women with suicidal ideation in Ardabil (with emphasis on culture). The statistical population included all women with suicidal ideation who referred to Ardabil Sanitary General Centers. The research sample embraced 60 subjects whom were selected via purposive sampling procedure and were assigned randomly in two experimental and one control groups, twenty participants each. The research was semi-experimental study using pre-test, post-test with control group and two months’ follow-up period. To collect data Early Maladaptive Schemas Questionnaires (Yong, 2003); Short form of the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire of Garnefski and Kraaij, (2004) were implemented. experimental groups were exposed to schema therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy respectively for 8 sessions 90 minutes each and control group received none. The Data were analyzed by applying Multivariate Analysis of Covariance (MANCOVA), Univariate Analysis of Covariance(ANCOVA) and Bonferoni post hoc test. The results showed that schema therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy were effective on emotion cognitive regulation and early maladaptive schemas promotion in women with suicidal ideation (p< 0/001). The Bonferoni post hoc test results also indicated that there was no significant difference between the schema therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in both groups. The results were persistent after the follow-up period.

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