The effectiveness of group schema therapy on metacognitive beliefs, the fusion of action thinking and female ruminants with generalized anxiety disorder

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of group schema therapy on metacognitive beliefs, fusion of thinking and rumination of women with generalized anxiety disorder in Kerman. The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test design with control group. The sample was purposefully selected from the clients of Kerman Counseling and Psychology Centers and in order to conduct the research after the implementation of the metacognitive beliefs questionnaires, the combination of thinking and mental rumination, 40 of the clients were selected purposefully and in two groups. Twenty people were randomly selected for testing and control. The experimental group underwent a 60-minute schema therapy for 10 sessions.The measurement tool for Wales et al.'s metacognitive belief questionnaires was a fusion of Thordson's and Rachman's thinking and Huxma and Maro's ruminants, completed by pre-test and post-test participants. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that group schema therapy has an effect on metacognitive beliefs, thought mixing and thought rumination in women with generalized disorder. So that group schema therapy reduces metacognitive beliefs, thought-action intertwining and rumination in women. Schema therapy is an appropriate method to modify the dimensions of metacognitive beliefs, thought-action mixing and rumination in women with generalized disorder.