A Comparing of two Schema Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Attitudes Effectiveness on Early Maladaptive Schema in Metamphetamine Addicts

This research carried out with the aim of two schema therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) effectiveness comparing on early maladaptive schema in metamphetamine addicts. type of this research is clinical trial pretest- posttest and follow up (3 months) with control group. Statistical society included all of metamphetamine addicts in Takab and shahindejh town ship on 1393 that between them, 60 selected on snowball sampling method and settled on two experimental groups and one control group. First group learned schema therapy and the second one received acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and the control group had no learning. Members of two groups had separated 12 sessions of treatment intervention, every week two sessions on 1/30 hours. Research tools included demographic information questionnaire and Young scale questionnaire short form. In order to analysis data in addition to descriptive statistics used form analysis of variance with repeated measures. results showed that schema therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in comparing control group was meaningful effective on regulating of early maladaptive schema in metamphetamine addicts. according to that early maladaptive schema have a main role in etiology on metamphetamine addicts, we offer to pay attention to early maladaptive schema in addiction prevention therapy centers and do some interventions up on it.