Effectiveness of Integrative Schema Therapy and Self-Compassion Treatment on Clinical Symptoms in Women with Borderline Personality Disorder
Keywords:
borderline personality disorder, integration schema therapy and self-compassion, women, clinical symptomAbstract
Objective: The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of integrative schema therapy and self-compassion treatment on clinical symptoms in women with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Methodology: This quasi-experimental study utilized a pretest-posttest control group design with a 2-month follow-up. The statistical population consisted of all women diagnosed with BPD residing in Tehran in 2021, with at least eight maladaptive schemas. From this population, 34 individuals were selected through purposeful sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The integrative schema therapy and self-compassion protocol was administered to the experimental group over 15 sessions, with one 90-minute session per week. Data were collected using the Borderline Personality Disorder Inventory (BPI) by Linehan (1999). Data analysis was conducted using mixed analysis of variance.
Findings: After controlling for pretest effects, significant differences were found between the posttest scores of the experimental and control groups regarding clinical symptoms, including identity disturbance (F = 12.727), primary defense mechanisms (F = 13.325), and fear of intimacy (F = 10.56) in women with BPD (p < 0.01).
Conclusion: Given the effectiveness of the therapeutic approach in improving clinical symptoms in women with borderline personality disorder, this treatment package can be used as an effective psychological intervention in healthcare centers to reduce clinical symptoms in women with BPD.
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