Master of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Naeen Branch,Iran
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effect of schema therapy on emotional confusion in divorced nurses.
Methods: The present study is a quasi-experimental, pre-test-post-test study with two groups selected, including a control group and an experimental group. The statistical population of the study consisted of divorced nurses in Isfahan city, and the sample size was selected using simple random sampling method, including 40 nurses (20 nurses in the experimental group and 20 nurses in the control group). A researcher-made questionnaire derived from the General Health Questionnaire was used as a data collection tool for the study. Covariance analysis and multivariate analysis of variance were used to analyze the data.
Results: The findings of the study show that schema therapy significantly reduced emotional confusion in divorced nurses in the post-test phase. Schema therapy reduces disorders in the components of emotional confusion in divorced nurses (physical symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, as well as disorder in social functioning).
Conclusion: Through schema therapy, the subjects can gain greater awareness of their behaviors, thoughts, and problems, and pay attention to targeted programs based on cognition and thinking, as well as directing their behavior, in order to regulate and manage their thoughts and abilities in order to reduce emotional confusion.
Type of Study:
Research |
Subject:
General