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Mirzayi S, Pourfraj Omran M. The Effectiveness of Schema Therapy on Emotional Regulation and Resilience in Breast Cancer Patients: A Quasi-Experimental Study. JRUMS 2025; 24 (4) :346-359
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Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Behshahr Branch, Behshahr, Iran
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Background and Objectives: Breast cancer is a public health problem. The use of schema therapy and research in this field has increased, and increasing evidence indicates that this treatment is useful in various situations. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of schema therapy on emotional regulation and resilience in patients with breast cancer.
Materials and Methods: The current study was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population of the study included all women diagnosed with breast cancer who referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari in 2023, out of which 32 people were selected using convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups, with 16 people in each group. Then, both groups were evaluated using the emotion regulation and resilience questionnaire. The experimental group received 12 sessions of group schema therapy over two months, one 90-minute session per week, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The results showed that after treatment, the mean score of maladaptive emotion regulation in the experimental group decreased (p<0.001), while the mean score of adaptive emotion regulation and resilience in the experimental group increased (p<0.001), and significant changes were made in emotion regulation and resilience (p<0.001).
Conclusion: The present study showed that schema therapy is effective on emotion regulation and resilience in patients with breast cancer. Therefore, the use of this approach is recommended to improve emotion regulation and resilience.
Keywords: Schema therapy, Emotion regulation, Resilience, Breast cancer
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics Committee of Islamic Azad University, Behshahr Branch of Medical Sciences, approved the study (IR.IAU.SARI.REC.1402.288).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Samaneh Mirzayi
- Methodology: Samaneh Mirzayi
- Data collection: Samaneh Mirzayi
- Formal analysis: Samaneh Mirzayi
- Supervision: Majid Pourfraj Omran
- Project administration: Majid Pourfraj Omran
- Writing – original draft: Samaneh Mirzayi
- Writing – review & editing: Samaneh Mirzayi
Materials and Methods: The current study was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population of the study included all women diagnosed with breast cancer who referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari in 2023, out of which 32 people were selected using convenience sampling method and randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups, with 16 people in each group. Then, both groups were evaluated using the emotion regulation and resilience questionnaire. The experimental group received 12 sessions of group schema therapy over two months, one 90-minute session per week, and the control group did not receive any intervention. The data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance.
Results: The results showed that after treatment, the mean score of maladaptive emotion regulation in the experimental group decreased (p<0.001), while the mean score of adaptive emotion regulation and resilience in the experimental group increased (p<0.001), and significant changes were made in emotion regulation and resilience (p<0.001).
Conclusion: The present study showed that schema therapy is effective on emotion regulation and resilience in patients with breast cancer. Therefore, the use of this approach is recommended to improve emotion regulation and resilience.
Keywords: Schema therapy, Emotion regulation, Resilience, Breast cancer
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics Committee of Islamic Azad University, Behshahr Branch of Medical Sciences, approved the study (IR.IAU.SARI.REC.1402.288).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Samaneh Mirzayi
- Methodology: Samaneh Mirzayi
- Data collection: Samaneh Mirzayi
- Formal analysis: Samaneh Mirzayi
- Supervision: Majid Pourfraj Omran
- Project administration: Majid Pourfraj Omran
- Writing – original draft: Samaneh Mirzayi
- Writing – review & editing: Samaneh Mirzayi
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Psychiatry
Received: 2024/08/9 | Accepted: 2025/05/17 | Published: 2025/07/19
Received: 2024/08/9 | Accepted: 2025/05/17 | Published: 2025/07/19
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