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Volume 24, Issue 154 (12-2025)
Journal of Psychological Science 2025, 24(154): 205-221 |
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Kebritchi A, Abolghasemi S, شهریاری احمدی م. (2025). The effectiveness of schema therapy on self-focused attention and symptoms of social anxiety disorder. Journal of Psychological Science. 24(154), 205-221.
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Associated Professor, Department of Psychology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran , sh.abolghasemi@iau.ac
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Background: Recent developments in the treatment of anxiety disorders have been attention bias modification and finding effective treatment for social anxiety disorder which is one of the most common disorders to reduce the severity and depth of its symptoms, has considerable importance.
Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of schema therapy on self-focused attention and symptoms of social anxiety disorder.
Methods: The research method was a semi-experimental pretest-posttest design with control group and 45-day follow-up stage. The study population included all married women with social anxiety disorder referred to psychological counseling centers in the 18th district of Tehran in 2023 which among those 34 cases were selected through available sampling and according to the inclusion criteria and they were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. All participants were assessed by the Focus of Attention Questionnaire (Woody, Chambless, & Glass, 1997) and Social Phobia Inventory (Connor et al, 2000). The Experimental group received schema therapy (Young, 2008) sessions for eight 90-minutes sessions. Data were analyzed by SPSS-24 software and MANOVA with repeated measure test.
Results: The results indicated the effectiveness of schema therapy on reducing self-focused attention (p< 0.01) and symptoms of social anxiety disorder (p< 0.01) and maintaining its effectiveness in the follow-up stage (p< 0.01).
Conclusion: Considering that self-focused attention has a significant role in social anxiety disorder, could be more focused on this variable on the treatment of this disorder. This finding has potential implications for mental health practitioners who are involved in mental health area.
Aims: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of schema therapy on self-focused attention and symptoms of social anxiety disorder.
Methods: The research method was a semi-experimental pretest-posttest design with control group and 45-day follow-up stage. The study population included all married women with social anxiety disorder referred to psychological counseling centers in the 18th district of Tehran in 2023 which among those 34 cases were selected through available sampling and according to the inclusion criteria and they were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. All participants were assessed by the Focus of Attention Questionnaire (Woody, Chambless, & Glass, 1997) and Social Phobia Inventory (Connor et al, 2000). The Experimental group received schema therapy (Young, 2008) sessions for eight 90-minutes sessions. Data were analyzed by SPSS-24 software and MANOVA with repeated measure test.
Results: The results indicated the effectiveness of schema therapy on reducing self-focused attention (p< 0.01) and symptoms of social anxiety disorder (p< 0.01) and maintaining its effectiveness in the follow-up stage (p< 0.01).
Conclusion: Considering that self-focused attention has a significant role in social anxiety disorder, could be more focused on this variable on the treatment of this disorder. This finding has potential implications for mental health practitioners who are involved in mental health area.
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