Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Develop a schema therapy protocol to reduce anxiety in children aged 8 to 13 years and compare its effectiveness with cognitive-behavioral therapy

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Nafise Habibian 1
Hasan Mirzahoseini 2
Nader Monirpoor 3
1 PhD student General Psychology , Department of Psychology, Qom Branch , Islamic Azad University,Qom ,Iran.
2 Assistant Professor ، Department of Psychology , Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran. )Corresponding author(
3 Associate Professor ، Department of Psychology , Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
10.22038/mjms.2022.66032.3891
Abstract
Introduction
Anxiety is a general term that refers to two separate concepts, namely anxiety-causing factors (environmental features or thoughts that cause an unpleasant reaction in a person) and pressure (a person's unpleasant reaction to anxiety-causing factors). The present study was conducted with the aim of reducing anxiety in children
Materials and method
The study method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical sample of this research includes 31 students aged 8 to 13 years old in a two-shift school in a district of Qom in 2018, who were tested in 3 groups for 4 months. After the completion of the post-test sessions, a follow-up test was conducted after 4 months. The groups included the group of students with anxiety symptoms with the schema-therapy approach, the group of students with anxiety symptoms with the cognitive-behavioral therapy approach and the control group that did not receive any treatment. They were randomly selected and included in the study. In this research, Doseldev Schema Illustrated Questionnaire for Children (DISC) 2017) and Spence Form Veldin Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS (1977)) were used. Data analysis was done using analysis of variance with repeated measures in the software SPSS-23 was used.
Keywords
Anxiety
schema therapy
children
cognitive behavior
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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 64, Issue 3
September and October 2021
Pages 1451-1468