The Effectiveness of Combined Metacognitive Therapy with Childhood traumas-Based Emotional Schema Therapy on Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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1 Phd student Department of psychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

2 Assistant Professor Department of psychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

3 Assistant Professor Department of psychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

Abstract

Generalized anxiety disorder is one of the most common anxiety disorders seen in general population and clinical centers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the combination of metacognitive therapy and traumas-Based Emotional Schema Therapy on Reducing Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. The present study was quasi-experimental. The statistic population were consisted Isfahan's psychological services centers clients with Generalized anxiety disorder (based on Generalized anxiety disorder scale- 7 item and clinical interview) in 2017 which 30 subject were selected based on entrance criteria and Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and assigned randomly in two groups of experimental (15 subject) and control (15 subject). Then the experimental group were participated in group-based treatment designed by the researcher consisting of 12 sessions of 1 hour, and finally, the GAD-7 questionnaire was distributed as a post-test and were completed by them. Data were analyzed using covariance analysis. Data analysis showed that combining emotional schema and meta-cognitive therapy can significantly reduce the worry and anxiety symptoms in patients with generalized anxiety disorder. Emotional Schematic Therapy can be considered in combination with metacognitive therapy as an effective and more integral treatment than other therapies in psychological interventions in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.

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