Empowering Exceptional Children

Empowering Exceptional Children

The Effectiveness of Schema Therapy on Primary Maladaptive Schemas In Mothers With Intellectual Disability Children

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant professor, Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran. Iran.
2 M.A. of Educational Psychology, Department of Educational Sciences, School of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran. Iran.
3 M.A. Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Garmsar branch, Islamic Azad University of Semnan. Iran.
10.22034/ceciranj.2024.424376.1815
Abstract
The research was carried out with the present aim of the effectiveness of schema therapy on primary maladaptive schemas in mothers with intellectual disability children in Quds city. This study was conducted as a semi-experimental research with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this research included all the mothers of intellectual disability students in Quds city in the academic year of 2022-2023, from which 30 people were selected by the available sampling method and were randomly divided into 2 groups of 15 people, experimental and control. Young Schema Questionnaire (YSQ-SF) was completed by both groups as a pre-test, then the experimental group received 12 sessions of schema therapy and the control group went through their normal daily schedule. Then, both groups were given a post-test and the research data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (central tendency and dispersion indices) and inferential (covariance analysis) methods in Spss version 22. The results showed that schema therapy had a positive and significant effect on reducing initial maladaptive schemas (h=0/628, P<0/001). Using schema therapy as an effective treatment can reduce and adjust the initial maladaptive schemas of mothers with intellectual disability children and help improve their mental status and daily life
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Volume 14, Issue 4
Spring 2023
Pages 37-24

  • Receive Date 09 September 2023
  • Revise Date 20 September 2023
  • Accept Date 05 November 2023