Evaluating the Effectiveness of Schema Therapy in Hypochondria Treatment

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of schema therapy on decreasing hypochondria of persons consulting health care centers in Urmia. For this purpose, the method of random sampling was used to choose 20 participants out of the whole clients consulting health care centers in Urmia. T...

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Main Authors: Mas'ood Qorbanali, Ali Esma'ili
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2013-01-01
Series:Muṭāli̒āt-i Ravān/Shināsī-i Bālīnī
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Online Access:http://jcps.atu.ac.ir/article_2046_e7e323e71c877251eac9df78e91a5604.pdf
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Summary:The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of schema therapy on decreasing hypochondria of persons consulting health care centers in Urmia. For this purpose, the method of random sampling was used to choose 20 participants out of the whole clients consulting health care centers in Urmia. The participants were randomly divided into experimental and control groups, and Illness Attitudes Scale was administered as the pre-test. The experimental group received 20 sessions of schema therapy while the control group received no intervention. The same test was administered to both groups as the post-test and follow-up test. The analysis of covariance method was used to interpret the results. The results showed that the level of hypochondria in experimental group was significantly lower than the control group in post-test and follow-up test (p<0/001).
ISSN:2322-3189