Effectiveness of schema therapy on emotional regulation in married women with military spouses

Given the importance of the role of the family in the job performance and job sensitivity of the military, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of schema therapy on emotional regulation in married women with military spouses.

The research method was quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population in this study includes all women with military spouses in district one of Tehran who have referred to counseling and psychological centers for military families. In this study, counseling and psychological centers for military families in Tehran based on location Geographically, Atieh Medical Center was selected as the sampling group and was selected from those who referred to this sample center. According to the inclusion criteria, 24 married women with military spouses were finally selected and randomly divided into two groups (N=12). Young Schema Therapy model (2003) was used during 10 sessions (120minutes) in weekly sessions of schema therapy by the researcher. The research instruments was Gross and John Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (2002). The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive and analysis of covariance in SPSS software version 25.

The results showed that the scores of the participants in the experimental group in the emotional regulation variable showed a significant increase compared to the control group (P <0.001).

According to the findings of this study, it can be concluded that schema therapy training is effective in increasing emotional regulation of military families.