The effectiveness of therapeutic schema and therapy on cognitive regulation of emotion, cognitive flexibility and maladaptive strategies of worry in patients with depressive disorder

The aim of study was the effectiveness of schema therapy on the cognitive regulation of emotion,cognitive flexibility and maladaptive strategies of worry in patients with depressive disorder.

This research is in terms of practical purpose and in terms of research design, it is a semi-experimental type of pre-test and post-test with a control group.The statistical population was all the clients who came to the psychology and counseling centers of Jahrom city in 2022 with complaints of depression and have received a diagnosis of depression. 30 people who scored 20 to 28 (mean depression level) in the Beck Depression Questionnaire were selected from among the volunteers of Hami, Rahgosha and Farda Behtar clinics, with using the purposeful sampling method, and were divided into two experimental groups (15 people) and control (15 people). In order To collect data, Garnevsky et al.'s Cognitive Regulation Strategies Questionnaire, Dennis and Vanderwaal's Cognitive Flexibility Questionnaire, Meir et al.'s Maladaptive Strategies Questionnaire, and Beck's Depression Questionnaire were used. Data analysis was done with the statistical method of analysis of covariance.

The findings showed that the therapeutic schema has an effect on the cognitive regulation of emotion,cognitive flexibility and maladaptive strategies of worry and has caused an increase in adaptive strategies of emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility and a decrease in maladaptive strategies of emotion regulation and maladaptive strategies of worry.

schema therapy is suggested as a therapeutic method to reduce anxiety and improve cognitive flexibility and adaptive strategies of emotion regulation in depressed patients.