Effects of schema therapy and schema-focused mindfulness therapy on conflict resolution of Iranian women in Malaysia
This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of schema therapy and schema-focused mindfulness therapy on conflict resolution among Iranian married women who lived in Malaysia during ?2015-2016. The qualified participants included 96 women who were assigned randomly into three groups, i.e. two e...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
2017
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59199/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/59199/1/59199.pdf |
| Summary: | This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of schema therapy and schema-focused mindfulness therapy on conflict resolution among Iranian married women who lived in Malaysia during ?2015-2016. The qualified participants included 96 women who were assigned randomly into three groups, i.e. two experimental groups and a control group. The first experimental group received schema therapy and the second group received schema-focused mindfulness therapy while the control group did not receive any treatment. The treatment sessions lasted nearly three months using conflict resolution subscale from the ENRICH questionnaire, a demographic questionnaire and Young's schema questionnaire as the instruments. Two-way repeated measures ANOVA was also applied to analyze the results. The findings of the study revealed that schema therapy and schema-focused mindfulness therapy had a significant effect on conflict resolution of Iranian women in Malaysia. Moreover, the findings showed more improvement for schema-focused mindfulness therapy group at two months follow-up. |
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