Effectiveness of Group schema therapy on modulating of Primary maladaptive schemas in abused students

The purpose of the present study is determine the Effectiveness of Groups schema therapy on modulating of Primary maladaptive schemas in abused students. This was an experimental study with the pre- and post- test design.The statistical population of the study comprised all middle school children in Noorabad(Delfan) in the (2012-2013) school year.The study sample After identifying by child abuse questionnaires of Mohammad Khani et al and Clinical interviews choosed by multi-stage cluster random sampling of 40 male students from middle schools of Noorabad (Delfan) city and Randomly divided into control and experimental groups (n = 20 for each group). The data were collected using Structured Clinical Interview, Inventory of child abuse, Primary Maladaptive Schema Questionnaire for Young (YSQ-SF). Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) revealed that schema therapy is significant effective in deacreasing Primary maladaptive schemas in abused students(p< 0/001). This results also have important implications in education and promotion of mental health students. Therefore, suggested that This treatment plan Considered Both in schools and clinics As an empathic treatments and complement to other treatments in order to Reducing negative emotions and prevent the formation of Maladaptive schemas in students