Vadoudi, S; PhD. Student, Psychology and Education for Exceptional Children Department, University of Tehran, Iran.

Shiri, N; M.A student, Department of clinical psychology, Faculty of psychology And Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Introduction:

The study was conducted to design and evaluate the effectiveness of Group Schema Therapy (GST) program to modify coping strategies in Iranian women with a history of spouse infidelity. In this study, first, Coping Strategies Modification Program was evaluated. Quasi-experimental research with random sample design with pre-test, post-test and follow-up was dealt with.

Methods:

In this study, the subjects were divided into experimental and control groups. The population was all those who had participated in GST program, eventually 20 subjects were screened out of 55 with clinical interview and inclusion and exclusion criteria, and answered Young Schema Therapy Questionnaire, and Yang's Compensation and Avoidance Questionnaire in the pre-test, post-test, and follow-up phases. Then, the 10 sessions of 120-minute weekly group therapy was performed in the experimental group and the control group did not receive any intervention. Multivariate analysis of covariance with repetitive measurements was used for data analysis.

Results:

The results showed a significant difference between the mean of post-test in the control and experimental groups with the mean scores of the experimental group significantly lower than that of the control group.

Conclusion:

The results showed that GST program improved coping strategies in Iranian women with a history of spouse infidelity.

About the Presenters:

Sajedeh Vadoudi

My name is Sajedeh Vadoudi . I am a PhD student in Psychology and the Education of Exceptional Children at Tehran University in Iran. I have been researching and working professionally on parenting and the parent-child relationship and children's behavior problems for 5 years. I completed extensive training in group therapy, and is a Certified Group Psychotherapist. As well as I have an:

Experience of participating in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for 110 hours at Tehran University.

Experience of participating in Individual Therapeutic Scheme Course for 64 hours at Center for Advanced Studies in Mental Health (CASMH).

Experience of participating in Couple Therapeutic Scheme programs for 64 hours at Center for Advanced Studies in Mental Health (CASMH).

Experience of participating in Mental Disorders Therapeutic Scheme programs for 64 hours at Center for Advanced Studies in Mental Health (CASMH).

Experience of attending an Adult Education Coaching course for 50 hours at Tehran University.

Experience of participating in a Children Education Training course for 24 hours at Tehran University.

Nafiseh Shiri 

Bachelor of Clinical Psychology, from 2012 to 2016; The Medical University of Tehran Master Student 2018 Islamic Azad University. Work Experience: Psychotherapist (individual and group), Holding 5 courses of Schema Therapy Workshop at Rehabilitation Home Clinic, under supervision of Dr. Alireza Shiri, a member of ISST Association Degrees, Skills:100-hour course of Schema Therapy100-hour course of CBT Course of Supervision of the Schema and CBT. Course of TMS. Couple Therapy Course of the Schema Course of Parenting