Comparison of the effect of schema therapy, emotional schema therapy and exposure and prevention of response to rumination, irrational beliefs, guilt, distress tolerance, extreme responsibility, perfectionism, emotion regulation and clinical symptoms in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Comparison of the effect of schema therapy, emotional schema therapy and exposure and prevention of response to rumination, irrational beliefs, guilt, distress tolerance, extreme responsibility, perfectionism, emotion regulation and clinical symptoms in people with obsessive-compulsive symptoms

In this randomized controlled clinical trial, first 60 people with obsessive-compulsive disorder eligible to participate in the study will be selected by available method. Then they will be assigned to three intervention groups and the control group by simple randomization method using a table of random numbers.

This study will be performed in Himan counseling and psychological services center in Mashhad. People with obsessive-compulsive disorder who are eligible to enter the study will be invited to study after obtaining written consent. Then, they will be assigned to the three intervention and control groups by simple randomization using a random number table.

Inclusion criteria include obtaining a score of 11 and above from the Maudsley obsessive-compulsive disorder questionnaire and lack of comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders. Exclusion criteria included having a history of substance abuse and having suicidal thoughts and and history of doing so.

Intervention group 1 received schema therapy based on the treatment protocol of Yang et al. (2003). Intervention group 2 received emotional therapy schema based on Leahy et al. (2016) treatment protocol. Intervention group 3 received exposure and response prevention based on the treatment protocol of Jones et al. (1998). The control group received routine care.

Ruminant, irrational beliefs, guilt, distress tolerance, extreme responsibility, perfectionism, emotion regulation and clinical symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder

The sample will be selected from the members of the statistical community using the available sampling method based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Then, they will be assigned to three intervention groups and one control group based on simple randomization sampling method using a random number table. Thus, first, a list of people eligible to participate in the study will be prepared. Then by considering the numbers for different groups (15-00 for intervention group 1, 16-30 for intervention group 2, 31-45 for intervention group 3 and 46-60 numbers for control group) and for moving up and down , Is placed on one of the numbers in the table and the numbers are recorded and the random order of people entering one of the groups will be determined.

Clinical outcomes of the study will be published in the form of a paper.

The results of the study will be published at the earliest opportunity after data collection.

Data documentation will be shared in the form of an article.

The data will be provided to researchers working in academic institutions and counseling centers and psychological services with the permission of the Islamic Azad University of Lahijan.

The data will be provided to researchers working in academic institutions and counseling centers and psychological services after receiving permission from the Islamic Azad University of Lahijan.

Researchers must obtain written permission from the Vice Chancellor for Research, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan Branch.