مجله علوم روانشناختی (Feb 2025)
The efficacy of schema therapy based on mindfulness on the emotion reactivity and internal shame of betrayed women
Abstract
Background: Systematic review of research shows that infidelity and marital infidelity cause the most damage to the relationship between spouses and addition to marital conflicts, it can even destroy the relationship. Despite numerous studies on the treatment of marital infidelity, there is a research gap regarding the efficacy of schema therapy based on mindfulness on the emotional reactivity and internal shame of betrayed women. Aims: The present study was conducted with the aim of the efficacy of schema therapy based on mindfulness on the emotion reactivity and internal shame of betrayed women. Methods: The method of the present research was practical in terms of purpose and semi-experimental in terms of method, pre-test-post-test with control group and three-month follow-up. The statistical population of this research included all women who needed psychological services in the second half of 2022 due to their husband's infidelity in the city of Bandar Abbas. Among all psychological and counseling service centers in Bandar Abbas city, 30 women who had referred to ten centers due to infidelity of their husbands were selected by the available sampling method and were randomly replaced in the experimental group and the control group. To collect data, emotional reactivity questionnaires (Knock et al. 2008) and internal shame (Cook, 1993) were used. The participants of the experimental group received 10 sessions of mindfulness-based schema therapy based on Van Vrieskwijck et al. (2015). Also, the data were analyzed by variance analysis with repeated measurements using SPSS-22 software. Results: The findings showed that schema therapy based on mindfulness was effective on the emotional reaction and internal shame of betrayed women. (p< 0.01). Also, the findings showed that this intervention had the greatest impact on internal shame. Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it can be argued that schema therapy based on mindfulness is effective on the emotional reaction and internal shame of betrayed women, and this therapeutic intervention can be used to moderate the emotional reaction and internal shame of betrayed women in counseling centers.
