The effectiveness of cognitive group therapy based on schema on modification early maladaptive schema among orphan and dysfunctional parenting adolescents girls

Present study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive group therapy based on schema on modification early maladaptive schema among Orphan and dysfunctional parenting adolescents girls. The study was an applied research with a quasi-experimental type (with non-equivalent control group design). Participants were being selected by using convenient sampling method, who were then randomly divided into two groups of control and experimental participants. Each group has 10 participants. The Young schema Questionnaire-short form (YSQ) were being performed as pre-test among both contol and experimental groups. The experimental group received 11 sessions of cognitive group therapy based on schema. In order to measure the dependent variables (the score of early maladaptive schema and total score of YSQ), Young schema Questionnaire-short form were administrated as post-test in both groups. The results of statistical analysis of MONCOVA Showed that cognitive group therapy based on schema reduces significantly the total score in YSQ and other maladaptive schemas score except failure and Abandonment. These results supported the main hypothesis that cognitive group therapy based on schema would modify significantly early maladaptive schema.