khaze M, Zoladl M, Afrasiabifar A, firoozi M R. Investigating the Effect of Group Schema Therapy on Perfectionism in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: A Clinical Trial Study. IJRN 2024; 11 (1) :1-12
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Msc, Psychiatric Nursing, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran Zainy532@gmail.com
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Introduction: Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder is a chronic mental illness in which perfectionism and concern about controlling all the details related to issues, regulations, order, and order are among the prominent characteristics of people suffering from it. The present study was designed to determine the effect of group schema therapy on the perfectionism of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Methods: In a randomized clinical trial study conducted in 1400, 70 patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder were referred to psychiatric and psychological clinics in Yasouj city before the intervention, the short form of the Yang Schema Questionnaire and the Perfectionism Questionnaire. They completed the frost. The samples were allocated to two test groups (35 people) and control (35 people) through the random block allocation process. The test group received 20 sessions of 60 minutes, two sessions per week, schema therapy as a group. Frost's perfectionism dimensions scale was completed at the start of the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and one month later by both experimental and control groups. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics and analysis of variance with repeated measurements were used using SPSS software version 25.
Results: The average age of the participants in the test group was 31.23±4.61 and in the control group was 30.77±3.75; 21.4% of participants were male, and 78.6% were female (control group: 17.1% male and 82.9% women, intervention group: 25.7% men and 74.3% women), The perfectionism score at the time points immediately and one month after the end of the intervention compared to their level at the beginning of the study in the intervention group was significantly reduced compared to the control group (P<0.05)
Conclusion: Group schema therapy can be suggested as a valuable and effective intervention in improving the dimensions of perfectionism in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Type of Study:
Research |
Subject:
Psychology in Rehabilitation Nursing Received: 2023/07/26 | Accepted: 2023/11/27 | Published: 2024/11/24