The Development of a Treatment Protocol by Consciousness Raising Based on the Activation of Islamic- Spiritual Schemas and Comparing Its Effectiveness with the Process-Experiential /Emotion-Focused Therapy on Decreasing the Social Anxiety of University Students

• Main Authors: abdolah shafiabadi, habibolah akbari
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2013-07-01
• Series: Faṣlnāmah-i Farhang Mushavirah va Ravān/Darmānī
• Subjects: Consciousness Raising; Islamic-Spiritual Schemas; Process- Experiential/Emotion-Focused Therapy; Social anxiety
• Online Access: http://qccpc.atu.ac.ir/article_6092_7a5f3bfec54919dd095c47a88d0dd71f.pdf

The present research aims to develop a treatment protocol by conscious raising based on the activation of the Islamic-spiritual schemas and compare its effectiveness with the process-experiential/emotion-focused therapy on decreasing the social anxiety of female students of Allameh Tabataba’i University. The sample population included 45 female students of the semi-attendance college, who were randomly divided into experiment 1, experiment 2, and control groups, each consisting of 15 subjects. The experiment groups separately received therapeutic interventions in 8 sessions. The research instrument was the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI). The data were analyzed using covariance analysis and post-test. The results confirmed the first research hypothesis with the probability of 99%. The first hypothesis stated that consciousness raising based on the activation of the Islamic-spiritual schemas was effective on decreasing the social anxiety of female students. Moreover, the results showed that the process-experiential/emotion- focused therapy was effective in decreasing the social anxiety of the female university students. Thus, the second hypothesis was also confirmed with the probability of 99%. The third hypothesis, which predicted a significant difference between the effectiveness of the treatment protocol by consciousness raising based on the activation of the Islamic-spiritual schemas and the process-experiential/emotion-focused therapy on decreasing the social anxiety of female students was confirmed with the probability of 99%.