Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 M.A. of Educational Psychology, Department of Educational Sciences, School of Humanities, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran. Iran.
2 Assistant professor, Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of the effectiveness of schema therapy on the symptoms of Anxiety Disorder in mothers with Intellectual Developmental Disorder 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 Mothers with Intellectual Developmental Disorder Children in Qods city in the academic year of 2022-2023 from which 30 people were selected by available sampling and were randomly divided into 2 groups of 15 people, experimental and control. Beck's anxiety questionnaire (1998) was completed as a pre-test by both groups, then the experimental group received 12 sessions of schema therapy and the control group went through their normal daily schedule. Then, post-test was performed on both groups and the research data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (central tendency and dispersion indices) and inferential (covariance analysis) methods. The results showed that schema therapy had a positive and significant effect on reducing Anxiety Disorder symptoms (P<0/005). Using schema therapy as an effective treatment can reduce the symptoms of Anxiety Disorder in mothers with Intellectual Developmental Disorder children and help improve their mental status and daily life.
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