Comparison of the effect of schema therapy, emotional schema therapy and exposure and prevention of response in obsessive-compulsive clinical disorder

Comparison of the effect of schema therapy, emotional schema therapy and exposure and prevention of response to rumination, irrational beliefs, guilt, distress tolerance, extreme responsibility, perfectionism, emotion regulation and clinical symptoms in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT20210511051261N1

Enrollment

Registered

2021-07-10

Start date

2021-04-14

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-07-12

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Conditions

Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: They will receive the therapy schema individually according to the treatment protocol of Young et al. (2003) for 20 sessions, each session lasting 45 minutes. Int

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Willingness to participate in the study Diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Based on Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - Fifth Edition Obtaining a score of 11 and above from the Maudsley obsessive-compulsive disorder questionnaire Have at least a third level of secondary education Lack of comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders Lack of having other physical diseases Not receiving psychotherapy and medication for obsessive-compulsive disorder before entering the research

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Having a history of substance abuse Having suicidal thoughts and and history of doing so

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Rumination. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, six months after intervention. Method of measurement: Ruminant Response Style Questionnaire (RRS).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Irrational beliefs. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Jones Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire (IBT).;Guilty. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Kugler & Jones Guilty Questionnaire.;Tolerance of distress. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Simons and Gaher Distress Scale (DTS).;Extreme responsibility. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: California Accountability Questionnaire.;Perfectionism. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Hill et al. Perfectionism Scale (2004).;Emotion Regulation. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Jahn & Gross Emotion Regulation Questionnaire.;Clinical syndrome of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Structured clinical interview for Axis Disorders 1.	—

Measure

Time frame

Irrational beliefs. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Jones Irrational Beliefs Questionnaire (IBT).;Guilty. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Kugler & Jones Guilty Questionnaire.;Tolerance of distress. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Simons and Gaher Distress Scale (DTS).;Extreme responsibility. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: California Accountability Questionnaire.;Perfectionism. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Hill et al. Perfectionism Scale (2004).;Emotion Regulation. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Jahn & Gross Emotion Regulation Questionnaire.;Clinical syndrome of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Timepoint: Before intervention, after intervention, one month after intervention, three months after intervention. Method of measurement: Structured clinical interview for Axis Disorders 1.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactMasood Ahovan

Islamic Azad University

Masood.ahvan@gmail.com+98 51 3844 6116

Outcome results

None listed

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