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Comparison of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and schema therapy on anxiety, cognitive avoidance, resiliency and empathy in married adolescents referred to counseling centers

Comparison of the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy and schema therapy on anxiety, cognitive avoidance, resiliency and empathy in married adolescents referred to counseling centers

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT20200707048042N1
Enrollment
45
Registered
2020-10-12
Start date
2019-12-22
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-11-09

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Anxiety, cognitive avoidance, marital conflict.

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is a 90-minute, 8-minute treatment will be designed twice a week based on the ACT Handbook of Afert and Forsythe (2005)
And will be presented to the experimental group (Patterson and Efert, 2011). Intervention 2: Intervention group:schema therapy: In this research, a set of activities and methods are considered that t
translated by Hamidpour and Anduz, 1394) in 10 90-minute sessions (one session per week)
The most important of these methods are identifying early maladaptive schemas, identifying coping and child mindsets and replacing them with healthy adult mindsets, and identifying areas, processes, b

Sponsors

Islamic Azad University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
25 Years to 45 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Having low marital compatibility (Getting a score lower than the cut-off point in the marital adjustment test) Minimum diploma education Passing More than a year from marriage Having an age of 45-25 years Signing the consent to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The absence of stressful events such as divorce and the death of relatives or close friends in the last three months Do not use other therapies at the same time

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Anxiety in this study is a score that a person will get from 10 questions related to the dimension of anxiety in the revised list of psychological symptoms R-90SCL prepared by Dragotis, Lippmann and Covey (1973). Brought. Timepoint: Measurements will performed at the beginning of the study and 70 days after the interventions and 45 days after the follow-up test. Method of measurement: The Anxiety Dimension in the Symptom Checklist 90- Revised by Dragottis, Lippmann, and Cowie (1973).;Cognitive avoidance will be calculated based on the score that the subject obtains from the 25-item Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire of Sexton and Dougas (2008). A high score in this questionnaire means more use of cognitive avoidance. Timepoint: Measurements will performed at the beginning of the study and 70 days after the interventions and 45 days after the follow-up test. Method of measurement: Sexton and Dogas Cognitive Avoidance Questionnaire 25 Questionnaire (2008).;Action flexibility is the score that a person will obtain on the scale of action flexibility of Klahenn (1996, translated by Alirezaei, 1389). Timepoint: Measurements will be made at the beginning of the study and 70 days after the interventions and 45 days after the follow-up test. Method of measurement: Kolahnen Action Flexibility Scale (1996, translated by Alirezaei, 2010).;It is a score will obtained from the Batson Empathy Traits Scale (BEA) on an 8-item scale (Batson, Equine, Voltz, Vanderplas, & Eisen, 1983). Timepoint: Measurements will performed at the beginning of the study and 70 days after the interventions and 45 days after the follow-up test. Method of measurement: Batson Empathy Adjectives (BEA) scale.

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMohamadian Shabnam

Islamic Azad University

aseman37@yahoo.com+98 61 3227 4147

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026