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<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Effect</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>rapy <strong>on</strong> <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> couples with<br />

Obsessive-compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder (OCPD)<br />

Samaneh Mokhtari 6 , Dr. Fatemeh Bahrami 7 ,Zahra Padash 8 , Simin Hosseinian 9 ,<br />

Mohammad Soltanizadeh 10<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> aim <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this study is to determine the effect <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema therapy <strong>on</strong> <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

couples with obsessive-compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder (OCPD) in Isfahan. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> method is<br />

experimental with c<strong>on</strong>trol and experimental group, pretest and posttest. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> sample c<strong>on</strong>sist <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

20 couples referring counseling centers and were diagnosed as OCPD using clinical interview<br />

by psychiatrist and Mill<strong>on</strong> Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> participants were randomly<br />

assigned into two groups <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema therapy (experimental, n=10) and c<strong>on</strong>trol group (c<strong>on</strong>trol,<br />

n=10). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>y resp<strong>on</strong>ded to items <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mill<strong>on</strong> Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III),<br />

ENRICH Marital Satisfacti<strong>on</strong> Questi<strong>on</strong>naire, and Young <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> Questi<strong>on</strong>naire. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> results<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MANOVA showed that schema therapy decreased symptoms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> OCPD (P


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Marriage satisfacti<strong>on</strong> results from happiness and a good adjustment between the husband<br />

and wife about different aspects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> life and it guarantees the strength <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the family and a<br />

healthy relati<strong>on</strong>ship (Asgari, 2001).<br />

It seems to be two main theoretical approaches related to effective factors <strong>on</strong> <strong>marital</strong><br />

satisfacti<strong>on</strong>. In psychoanalytical theories, intrapers<strong>on</strong>al factors and in behavioral theories<br />

interpers<strong>on</strong>al factors are regarded.<br />

As a whole it can be said that factors such as age, educati<strong>on</strong>, children, marriage durati<strong>on</strong>,<br />

couples' cooperati<strong>on</strong>, interpers<strong>on</strong>al understanding, religious beliefs, financial matters, friends<br />

and relatives, sexual relati<strong>on</strong>ship, leisure time activities and housework, occupati<strong>on</strong>,<br />

interpers<strong>on</strong>al skills, intimacy and self expressi<strong>on</strong>, cognitive factors, pers<strong>on</strong>ality traits, mental<br />

disorders and psychological health are effective <strong>on</strong> <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong> (Nazari, 2008; Greef<br />

and Malherb, 2001, Bouchard, Sabounn, lussier& Villeneure, 2009).<br />

One factor that has an important effect <strong>on</strong> interpers<strong>on</strong>al relati<strong>on</strong>ship including couples is<br />

pers<strong>on</strong>ality pathology. Based <strong>on</strong> DSM-IV, a pers<strong>on</strong> with pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorders is noticeably<br />

destructive in two domains <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> pers<strong>on</strong>al and interpers<strong>on</strong>al functi<strong>on</strong>ing. Pers<strong>on</strong>al domain means<br />

that what the client's view is and therefore what are his/her purposes in life and how to follow<br />

them? Interpers<strong>on</strong>al domain emphasizes <strong>on</strong> whether s/he can understand other's view and<br />

relate with them. Although there has been not much research <strong>on</strong> the simultaneity relati<strong>on</strong>ship<br />

between pers<strong>on</strong>al pathology and <strong>marital</strong> dysfuncti<strong>on</strong>, but South, Turkheimer and Oltmanns<br />

(2008) in a research <strong>on</strong> a sample <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 82 married couples showed that pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder has<br />

had a significant correlati<strong>on</strong> with <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong>, verbal aggressi<strong>on</strong>, physical violence;<br />

and pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder determines 25% to 45% <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the variati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>marital</strong> adjustment. Since<br />

pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder individuals have problems in interpers<strong>on</strong>al functi<strong>on</strong>ing, <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>y also have<br />

various problems in adjustment and <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong>.<br />

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One <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorders that is diagnosed by perfecti<strong>on</strong>ism, moodiness, and<br />

extreme orderliness is the obsessive-compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder (OCPD). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>se<br />

individuals have shortcomings in relati<strong>on</strong>ship patterns with their spouses, emoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

expressi<strong>on</strong> and emoti<strong>on</strong>al limitati<strong>on</strong> and they are usually very formal, unemoti<strong>on</strong>al and moral<br />

(Rosenhan and Seligman, 1995). Since, intimate relati<strong>on</strong>ship, self expressi<strong>on</strong>, positive<br />

emoti<strong>on</strong>s and praising each other are the necessary factors for <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong>( M<strong>on</strong>roe,<br />

1990; Bouchard et al, 2009) obsessive-compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder (OCPD) is c<strong>on</strong>sidered<br />

as <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the important effective factors <strong>on</strong> <strong>marital</strong> dissatisfacti<strong>on</strong>.<br />

For <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong> and adjustment, it is necessary to develop a c<strong>on</strong>stant effective<br />

relati<strong>on</strong>ship and for this purpose, the couple needs to share thoughts and emoti<strong>on</strong>s and to give<br />

positive reacti<strong>on</strong>s and gratitude to each other (Siliman, 2001). And at the same time poor<br />

interpers<strong>on</strong>al skills, unclear or c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>al relati<strong>on</strong>ships, fault seeking and c<strong>on</strong>stant blaming,<br />

mind-reading and defiance, showing negative emoti<strong>on</strong>s repeatedly and <strong>on</strong> the other hand<br />

having little positive emoti<strong>on</strong>s, having negative thoughts and cognitive distorti<strong>on</strong>s could be<br />

lead to <strong>marital</strong> maladjustment and dissatisfacti<strong>on</strong> (Gottman, 1993; Nak<strong>on</strong>ezny,Shull and<br />

Rogers,1995).<br />

People who suffered from OCPD, have behavioral and emoti<strong>on</strong>al patterns such as<br />

repressing their own emoti<strong>on</strong>s, prejudice and stiffness in behavior, and over c<strong>on</strong>trol <strong>on</strong> their<br />

own and other people's behavior. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>se people have limited feelings and c<strong>on</strong>trol <strong>on</strong> their own<br />

emoti<strong>on</strong>s and d<strong>on</strong>'t usually express them. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>y also repress their own anger and hate (Mill<strong>on</strong>,<br />

Grossman, Mill<strong>on</strong>, Meagher and Ramnath, 2004). Regarding to the features <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the obsessive-<br />

compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder (OCPD), this special patterns <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> expressing emoti<strong>on</strong>s and<br />

behavior cause to relati<strong>on</strong>ship problems and can lead to mental separati<strong>on</strong> (Gottman, 1994).<br />

In the developmental history <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these individuals being forced to do what other people<br />

impose is very comm<strong>on</strong> (Choca and Van Denberg, 1997). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> parenting styles that most<br />

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notably associated with the disorder are c<strong>on</strong>sistently, strict, authoritarian, and over c<strong>on</strong>trolling<br />

styles. In their childhood, these children were likely taught to be overly resp<strong>on</strong>sible for their<br />

behaviors, and trained to feel shameful and worthless if not compliant. Sperry and Carls<strong>on</strong><br />

(1996) hypothesized that ―the parental injuncti<strong>on</strong> to which they were most likely exposed was<br />

‗You must do and be better to be worthwhile‘‖ (Laksman, 2007).<br />

Cogniti<strong>on</strong> approaches c<strong>on</strong>sider the role <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> irrati<strong>on</strong>al core beliefs or maladaptive schemas<br />

as important factor in the forming <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> obsessive compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder (Mill<strong>on</strong>,<br />

Grossman, Mill<strong>on</strong>, Meagher and Ramnath, 2004). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> obsessive compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality<br />

disorder (OCPD) correlate to dysfuncti<strong>on</strong>al cogniti<strong>on</strong> schemas towards resp<strong>on</strong>sibility and its<br />

thoughts deal with schemas such as blame, punishment, guilt and shame. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>se schemas are<br />

predefined in their memories that <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>ten impose their structures to the new informati<strong>on</strong><br />

(Rheaume, Ladouceur, Freest<strong>on</strong>e and Lerarte, 1995). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>y also have low desire to healthy<br />

behavioral resp<strong>on</strong>ses so that they experience impulsive behaviors and high worry( Arntz,<br />

Weertman, Salt, 2001).<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re are different approaches c<strong>on</strong>cerning how to cure people suffering from pers<strong>on</strong>ality<br />

disorders including obsessive compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder (OCPD). To name just a few<br />

we can menti<strong>on</strong>: Psychoanalyses based <strong>on</strong> transference psychotherapy (Kernberg and<br />

Klarkin, 1999), behavioral psychotherapies such as Dialectical Behavior therapy (Linehan,<br />

1993) and also treatments based <strong>on</strong> cognitive approaches such as cognitive therapy (Beck and<br />

Freeman, 1990; Freeman and Fusco, 2004), rati<strong>on</strong>al-emoti<strong>on</strong>al therapy (Ellis,2001),<br />

c<strong>on</strong>trastive-cognitive therapy (Sharf,2002), cogniti<strong>on</strong> Revoluti<strong>on</strong>al therapy (Lyoti,2002;<br />

Oldham, Gabbard and Gain, 2001; Arntz, Klokman and Siesweda, 2005) and also medicine<br />

therapy (Joyice, 2003).<br />

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One <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the various types <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cognitive therapy that is actually the developed form <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

traditi<strong>on</strong>al cognitive behavioral therapy and focuses more <strong>on</strong> relati<strong>on</strong>ship therapy, emoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

experiences and early life experiences is the schema focused therapy (Young, 1999).<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> therapy is based <strong>on</strong> a cognitive–integrative c<strong>on</strong>ceptualizati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> pers<strong>on</strong>ality<br />

disorders using a broader and more eclectic approaches than the usual cognitive therapy<br />

approaches, integrating various theoretical formulati<strong>on</strong>s (Young, 1994; Arntz, 1994; Young,<br />

Klosko, & Weishaar, 2003; quoting from Nordhal and Nyster, 2005).<br />

A schema c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> is an organizati<strong>on</strong>al manner <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> thinking, feeling and behaving based<br />

<strong>on</strong> a group <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schemas and each group <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s is relatively independent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

others (Arntz, Klokman and Siesweda, 2005). Early Maladaptive <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g>s (EMS) are broad,<br />

pervasive themes or patterns that develop during childhood or adolescence and grown into<br />

older age and are inefficient to a high degree (Young, 1999).<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> therapy combines techniques from cognitive, behavioral, psychoanalytical,<br />

existentialism and humanistic therapies. Although the basic frame in this therapy is based <strong>on</strong><br />

cogniti<strong>on</strong>, it has been affected a lot by object relati<strong>on</strong>s and attachment approaches. Unlike<br />

different types <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cognitive therapies that focus <strong>on</strong> the present state <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the pers<strong>on</strong>, schema<br />

therapy approach focuses <strong>on</strong> self-destroying thoughts, feelings and behaviors that were<br />

developed in childhood and are repeated in his life (Bernstain, 2005;quoting from<br />

Strack,2005) and is developed for patients resistant to treatment such as pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorders,<br />

chr<strong>on</strong>ic depressi<strong>on</strong>s and anxiety disorders. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> therapy has four main interventi<strong>on</strong>s,<br />

including:1) Cognitive Interventi<strong>on</strong>s,2) Experiential Interventi<strong>on</strong>s,3) Interpers<strong>on</strong>al<br />

Interventi<strong>on</strong>s,4) Behavioral Interventi<strong>on</strong>s. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> therapy procedure is divided into two<br />

main phases: a) C<strong>on</strong>ceptualizati<strong>on</strong> and Evaluati<strong>on</strong>, b) Change schema (Young, Klosko and<br />

Weishaar, 2003).<br />

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<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> several researches c<strong>on</strong>cerning the efficiency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this schema therapy have been d<strong>on</strong>e.<br />

Although these research d<strong>on</strong>'t study the efficiency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the schema therapy for the obsessive<br />

compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder, but they can be used as a pro<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> for its effectiveness <strong>on</strong><br />

pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorders. Nordhal and Nyster (2005) have reported schema therapy as effective<br />

<strong>on</strong> reducing the symptoms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> borderline pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorders. Nordhal, Holth and Shaugum<br />

(2005) also, did a study about the effectiveness <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> moderating <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema <strong>on</strong> reducing the<br />

symptoms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>y also perceived that moderating <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema can predict<br />

the amount <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the reducti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> symptoms in this type <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> disorders. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the research<br />

d<strong>on</strong>e by Kellogg and Young (2006), Farrell, Shaw and Webber (2009), and Nadort, (et al,<br />

2009), are also c<strong>on</strong>sistent <strong>on</strong> the functi<strong>on</strong>al <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema therapy. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re have been few<br />

researches about <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong> and its c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong> with pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder especially<br />

the obsessive compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder and the early maladaptive schemas. In<br />

Gottman's research (1993), it was showed that expressing emoti<strong>on</strong>s has an important role <strong>on</strong><br />

couple closeness (Zadhoosh, 2007). Whisman(1999) showed in a research d<strong>on</strong>e <strong>on</strong> a sample<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2538 married couples that <strong>marital</strong> dissatisfacti<strong>on</strong> can be related to any kind <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> mental<br />

disorder. South, Turkheimer and Oltmanns (2008), also showed in a research <strong>on</strong> a sample <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

82 married couples that there is a negative relati<strong>on</strong> between <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong> and<br />

pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorders. Shafiee, ( et al, 2006), also perceived in a sample <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 245 married<br />

couples that <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong> has a negative relati<strong>on</strong>ship with depressi<strong>on</strong>, anxiety disorder<br />

and the obsessive compulsive disorder. Also in the study <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Naderi (2007) it was denoted that<br />

c<strong>on</strong>cerning perfecti<strong>on</strong>ism and <strong>marital</strong> c<strong>on</strong>flicts there is a significant difference between the<br />

families who refer to family courts and normal families.<br />

According to literature and researches, <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the important effective factors <strong>on</strong> <strong>marital</strong><br />

satisfacti<strong>on</strong> is a pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder such as the obsessive compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder<br />

and whereas the obsessive compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder (OCPD) is known by<br />

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dysfuncti<strong>on</strong>al cognitive schemas, This research aimed to study the effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema therapy<br />

<strong>on</strong> <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong> in married couples suffering from OCPD, by correcting and changing<br />

the dysfuncti<strong>on</strong>al core beliefs or the early maladaptive schemas (EMS).<br />

Method<br />

Participants<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> participants who entered the study were 20 couples who referred themselves to Isfahan<br />

counseling centers. Age <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> participants ranged from 23 to 40 years (M=27.6, SD=5.1, years).<br />

Age <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> their partners ranged from 21 to 45 years (M=45, SD=29.6, years). Length <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

marriage ranged from 1 year to 15 years (M=5.37, SD=4.04, years). Fifty percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> couples<br />

hadn't any child, 37.5 percent had <strong>on</strong>e child and 12.5 percent had two children.<br />

Procedures<br />

All the participants were randomly chosen from five counseling centers in Isfahan, using the<br />

cluster random sampling. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> inviting poster was provided that informed clients about OCPD<br />

symptoms. Clients who c<strong>on</strong>sidered themselves as having the symptoms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the obsessive<br />

compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder and perfecti<strong>on</strong>ist behavior and were willing to take part in<br />

this educati<strong>on</strong>al-treatment workshop were enrolled. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>n, based <strong>on</strong> a diagnostic interview<br />

according to the DSM-IV-R standards by psychiatrist and using Mill<strong>on</strong> Clinical Multiaxial<br />

Inventory-III (MCMI-III), from am<strong>on</strong>g all the volunteers, a group <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> married couples who<br />

had the symptoms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the obsessive compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder (OCPD) were chosen.<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>n, in a simple random sampling twenty people were recruited and were randomly<br />

assigned into two groups <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> experimental and c<strong>on</strong>trol. It is worth menti<strong>on</strong>ing that the<br />

c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong> for entering <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> subjects was to be at least <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 18 years age and to have at least<br />

diploma educati<strong>on</strong>al degree. Also excluding c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s were, people who suffering from<br />

psychotic disorders or the patients has an acute, relatively severe, untreated Axis I disorder<br />

requiring immediate attenti<strong>on</strong> and the patient who is currently abusing alcohol or other drugs<br />

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at a moderate to severe level, and also, if their presenting problems to be situati<strong>on</strong>al or does<br />

not seem to be related to a life pattern or schema. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> participants didn‘t know that they are<br />

in a research situati<strong>on</strong> while, the therapist knew. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> y participated in 12 therapeutic sessi<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> attriti<strong>on</strong> rate was zero. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> people in waiting list participated in therapeutic sessi<strong>on</strong>s<br />

after the research. Due to follow treatment integrity the therapist was the pers<strong>on</strong> who planned<br />

the package <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> therapy. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>re were no data reducti<strong>on</strong> and the participants‘ satisfacti<strong>on</strong> was<br />

assessed during the sessi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> a c<strong>on</strong>tinuum form 0 (totally dissatisfied) to 100 (totally<br />

satisfied). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> participants were informed that all <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> their informati<strong>on</strong> are secret.<br />

Measures<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> data attained using 3 questi<strong>on</strong>naires including as follow:<br />

1- <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mill<strong>on</strong> Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III, Mill<strong>on</strong> 1994) was used in<br />

order to study the problems and also the symptoms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the obsessive-compulsive<br />

pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder at first. This is a self-report scale <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 175 yes/no questi<strong>on</strong>s that<br />

evaluates 14 pers<strong>on</strong>ality clinical patterns and 10 clinical symptoms and has 4 validity<br />

scales. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> scale number 7 in this questi<strong>on</strong>naire evaluates the obsessive-compulsive<br />

pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder. In a research d<strong>on</strong>e by Sharifi (2002), the Cr<strong>on</strong>bach alpha<br />

coefficients alpha was <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 0/85 to 0/97. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> questi<strong>on</strong>naire also dem<strong>on</strong>strated good<br />

discriminate validity <strong>on</strong> all scales (Sharifi, 2002).<br />

2- <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Enriching and Nurturing Relati<strong>on</strong>ship Issues, Communicati<strong>on</strong> and Happiness<br />

Questi<strong>on</strong>naire (ENRICH), has 115 items and is scored using the Likert scale. This<br />

questi<strong>on</strong>naire is made <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 12 subscales. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> first scale has 5 items and the others have<br />

10 items. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> subscales are included: idealistic distorti<strong>on</strong>, <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong>,<br />

pers<strong>on</strong>ality issues, communicati<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>flict resoluti<strong>on</strong>, financial management, leisure<br />

activities, sexual relati<strong>on</strong>ship, children and parenting, family and friends, equalitarian<br />

roles and religious orientati<strong>on</strong>. This questi<strong>on</strong>naire was measured according to Iranian<br />

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norms and its validity and reliability was approved by Asrar and Haghshenas (2005).<br />

In Mahdavian's research (1997), the reliability was 0.94 using the retesting method.<br />

3- <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> Young <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> Questi<strong>on</strong>naire – l<strong>on</strong>g form (YSQ is a self-report measure to<br />

Treatment<br />

assess schemas. Patients rate themselves <strong>on</strong> how well each item describes them <strong>on</strong> a<br />

6-point Likert scale. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> maximum and minimum <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the scores is from zero to five<br />

and the top mark indicates the high quantity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the early maladaptive schemas. This<br />

questi<strong>on</strong>naire studies the early maladaptive schemas in 18 different areas. That are<br />

included: 1)Emoti<strong>on</strong>al Deprivati<strong>on</strong>, 2)Aband<strong>on</strong>ment/Instability, 3)Mistrust/Abuse,<br />

4)Social Isolati<strong>on</strong>/Alienati<strong>on</strong>, 5)Defectiveness/Shame, 6)Failure,<br />

7)Dependence/Incompetence, 8) Vulnerability to Harm or Illness, 9)<br />

Enmeshment/Undeveloped Self, 10)Subjugati<strong>on</strong>, 11)Self-Sacrifice, 12)Approval-<br />

Seeking/Recogniti<strong>on</strong>-Seeking, 13)Entitlement/Grandiosity, 14) Insufficient Self-<br />

C<strong>on</strong>trol/Self-Discipline, 15) Negativity/Pessimism, 16) Emoti<strong>on</strong>al Inhibiti<strong>on</strong>,<br />

17)Unrelenting Standards/Hypercriticalness, 18) Punitiveness. In Yousefi‘s research<br />

(2009) the Cr<strong>on</strong>bach alpha coefficient was 0.91(Yousefi, 2009).<br />

Before receiving the interventi<strong>on</strong>s, the experimental and c<strong>on</strong>trol groups filled in the<br />

questi<strong>on</strong>naires. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> two groups were assessed again by the same measures after 12<br />

therapeutic sessi<strong>on</strong>s. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> sessi<strong>on</strong>s were held 2 hours.<br />

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Table 1: <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> aim and c<strong>on</strong>tent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> each sessi<strong>on</strong><br />

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1 Elementary sessi<strong>on</strong> Recogniti<strong>on</strong> the OCPD according to the DSM-IV -R standard and Mill<strong>on</strong> Clinical Multiaxial<br />

2 First sessi<strong>on</strong>: initial<br />

evaluati<strong>on</strong> and<br />

assessment<br />

3 Sec<strong>on</strong>d sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

Presentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

schemas, and that<br />

role <strong>on</strong> behavior<br />

4 Third sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

imagery assessment<br />

5 Fourth sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

coping styles<br />

assessment<br />

6 Fifth sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

therapeutic strategic<br />

for defectiveness/<br />

shame schema<br />

7 Sixth sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

therapeutic strategic<br />

for unrelenting<br />

standards/ hyper<br />

criticalness<br />

8 Seventh sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

therapeutic strategic<br />

for emoti<strong>on</strong>al<br />

inhibiti<strong>on</strong><br />

9 Eighth sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

therapeutic strategic<br />

for negativity/<br />

pessimism<br />

10 Ninth sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

therapeutic strategic<br />

for self-sacrifice<br />

11 Tenth sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

therapeutic strategic<br />

for enmeshment /<br />

undeveloped self<br />

12 Eleventh sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

therapeutic strategic<br />

for vulnerability to<br />

harm or illness<br />

13 Twelfth sessi<strong>on</strong>:<br />

Ending sessi<strong>on</strong><br />

Inventory-III (MCMI-III)<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> break <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ice, revisal <strong>on</strong> structure and provisi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sessi<strong>on</strong>s, Educating psychological<br />

awareness<br />

Educati<strong>on</strong>al pattern <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ABC, automatic thought, Core beliefs and maladaptive schema , the<br />

origins <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema: core emoti<strong>on</strong>al needs, early life experience & emoti<strong>on</strong>al temperament<br />

Presentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> inner child and a rati<strong>on</strong>al for imagery, Educati<strong>on</strong> to letter to parents.<br />

Educating 3 mechanism schema perpetuati<strong>on</strong> and 3 coping styles (surrender, avoidance, over<br />

compensator)<br />

Typical Presentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the schema, understand the childhood origins <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema, increase the<br />

couple‘s sense <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> self-esteem, correct the ―defect‖ in pers<strong>on</strong> life and marriage life, willing to enter<br />

relati<strong>on</strong>ships, put human flaws into a realistic perspective, Becoming more open with couple and<br />

people and stop trying to hide so many parts <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> themselves, and they no l<strong>on</strong>ger exhibit behaviors<br />

that surrender to, avoid, or overcompensate.<br />

Typical Presentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the schema, challenge their perfecti<strong>on</strong>ism and using <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ―cost–benefit<br />

analyses‖, understand the childhood origins <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema, reduce their unrelenting standards and<br />

hyper criticalness via: try to accomplish less, and to accomplish it les perfectly, have more <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a<br />

balance in their lives between accomplishment and pleasure, Less critical <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> themselves and<br />

couples, less demanding and more accepting <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> human imperfecti<strong>on</strong>, and are less rigid about rules.<br />

Typical Presentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g>, understand the childhood origins <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema, become more<br />

emoti<strong>on</strong>ally expressive and sp<strong>on</strong>taneous, expressing the emoti<strong>on</strong>s that suppressed, learn to show<br />

anger in appropriate ways, engage in more activities for fun, express affecti<strong>on</strong>, and talk about their<br />

feelings with couples, stop c<strong>on</strong>trolling the people around them such as couple, humiliating couples<br />

for expressing normal emoti<strong>on</strong>s, and feeling shame about their own emoti<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

Typical Presentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> ,understand the childhood origins <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema, predict the future<br />

more objectively and positively by technique ―illusory glow‖, move away from the extreme<br />

negative end toward a more moderate positi<strong>on</strong>, no l<strong>on</strong>ger focused so obsessively <strong>on</strong> trying to avoid<br />

making mistakes, focus more <strong>on</strong> fulfilling emoti<strong>on</strong>al needs and following their natural<br />

inclinati<strong>on</strong>s.<br />

Typical Presentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the schema, understand the childhood origins <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema, teach couples<br />

that all people have an equal right to get their needs met, recognize that they have needs that are<br />

not being met, decrease the couple‘s sense <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> over resp<strong>on</strong>sibility, encourages couples to attend to<br />

their own needs, to let other people meet their needs, to ask for what they want more directly, and<br />

to be more vulnerable instead <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> appearing str<strong>on</strong>g more <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the time.<br />

Typical Presentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the schema, understand the childhood origins <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema, help members<br />

express their sp<strong>on</strong>taneous, natural selves—their unique preferences, opini<strong>on</strong>s, decisi<strong>on</strong>s, talents,<br />

and natural inclinati<strong>on</strong>s—rather than suppressing their true selves, centering <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> their own lives,<br />

setting the boundaries with the parental figure and have a full sense, stop avoiding and establish<br />

c<strong>on</strong>necti<strong>on</strong>s with others that are neither too distant nor too enmeshed <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> their own identity.<br />

Typical Presentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the schema, understand the childhood origins <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema, get couples to<br />

lower their estimati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the likelihood <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> catastrophic events and to raise their evaluati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

their ability to cope, c<strong>on</strong>vince members to stop avoiding and overcompensating for the schema,<br />

and to face most <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the situati<strong>on</strong>s they fear.<br />

Summati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sessi<strong>on</strong>s, Getting feedback <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> treatment and posttests, give gifts to members<br />

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Table 2: Means and standard deviati<strong>on</strong>s for pre and post test <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the OCPD, EMS and <strong>marital</strong><br />

satisfacti<strong>on</strong> scores in experimental and c<strong>on</strong>trol groups<br />

variables<br />

adjust<br />

means<br />

Experimental Group C<strong>on</strong>trol Group<br />

Pre-test Post-test Pre-test Post-test<br />

standard<br />

deviati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

adjust<br />

means<br />

standard<br />

deviati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

adjust<br />

means<br />

standard<br />

deviati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

adjust<br />

means<br />

217<br />

standard<br />

deviati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

OCPD 18.50 3.162 11.51 4.143 19.45 1.488 22 1.185<br />

Negativity/Pessimism 42.96 14.55 29.16 12.56 45.65 20.16 46.47 16.07<br />

Defectiveness/Shame 26.12 9.01 16.00 6.39 25.10 7.23 24.29 5.527<br />

Vulnerability to Harm or Illness 20.12 2.29 8.00 6.54 23.87 2.23 22.26 8.93<br />

Enmeshment/Undeveloped Self 18.87 1.72 10.75 5.496 15.27 1.597 17.91 4.676<br />

Self- Sacrifice 40.88 21.22 27.00 11.84 45.51 13.54 42.75 16.42<br />

Emoti<strong>on</strong>al Inhibiti<strong>on</strong> 22.12 7.39 11.25 6.670 25.12 12.79 21.50 8.106<br />

Unrelenting<br />

40.62 13.94 26.75 10.039 45.75 10.64 41.97 12.33<br />

Standards/Hypercriticalness<br />

Entitlement/Grandiosity 32.32 8.48 21.46 6.299 36.21 8.126 37.25 9.254<br />

Idealistic distorti<strong>on</strong> 14.50 2.777 18.00 1.85 13.50 2.250 13.25 2.503<br />

Marital satisfacti<strong>on</strong> 30.70 4.580 32.00 3.070 29.97 3.796 27.00 3.796<br />

Pers<strong>on</strong>ality issues 26.00 2.828 27.62 2.386 27.48 3.862 27.37 3.862<br />

Communicati<strong>on</strong> 28.75 2.187 30.00 3.585 26.85 6.837 27.18 6.730<br />

C<strong>on</strong>flict resoluti<strong>on</strong> 23.87 7.199 30.00 4.242 27.50 6.546 25.75 6.546<br />

Financial management 27.73 5.861 31.12 3.758 34.00 5.237 33.00 5.233<br />

Leisure activities 24.85 4.023 29.25 2.121 27.37 5.012 25.50 5.018<br />

Sexual relati<strong>on</strong>ship 30.62 4.867 36.12 3.642 29.75 8.908 30.37 8.908<br />

Children and Parenting 23.39 6.365 26.64 3.710 27.30 5.119 24.12 5.114<br />

Family and Friends 25.37 3.159 27.75 3.327 23.25 5.257 22.37 5.257<br />

Equalitarian roles 24.87 6.010 25.00 7.708 27.25 5.800 24.52 5.805<br />

Religious orientati<strong>on</strong> 24.50 5.580 28.75 7.440 12.133 5.757 24.12 5.757<br />

Total <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong> mark 30.16 32.314 343.27 27.479 317.36 39.56 305.58 39.59<br />

N=10,<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> table 2 shows, the means <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> OCPD in the pre- test in the experimental group were<br />

18.5 (SD = 3.162) and in the c<strong>on</strong>trol group 19.75 (SD =1.488), while in the post test the<br />

means in the experimental group were 11.51 (SD = 4.143) and in the c<strong>on</strong>trol group were 22<br />

(SD =1.185). Also, the means and standard deviati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the EMS in the pre test and post test<br />

in the experimental group were different. While the reducti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the means in the c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />

group were not much different. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> table 2 shows the means and standard deviati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

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OCPD 102.56 1 102.56 19.015 0.002 0.896 0.995<br />

Negativity/Pessimism 741.369 1 741.369 6.985 0.041 0.602 0.805<br />

Defectiveness/Shame 168.828 1 168.828 17.251 0.008 0.741 0.896<br />

Vulnerability to Harm or Illness 227.690 1 227.690 17.019 0.007 0.791 0.924<br />

Enmeshment/Undeveloped Self 202.551 1 202.551 14.323 0.012 0.787 0.902<br />

Self- Sacrifice 879.268 1 879.268 16.471 0.009 0.701 0.885<br />

Emoti<strong>on</strong>al Inhibiti<strong>on</strong> 403.589 1 403.589 10.666 0.011 0.711 0.821<br />

Unrelenting Standards/Hypercriticalness 325.126 1 325.126 8.623 0.025 0.671 0.812<br />

Entitlement/Grandiosity 119.991 1 119.991 7.447 0.048 0.659 0.798<br />

Idealistic distorti<strong>on</strong> 25.285 1 25.285 18.173 0.005 0.752 0.941<br />

Marital satisfacti<strong>on</strong> 85.027 1 85.027 6.747 0.035 0.668 0.847<br />

Pers<strong>on</strong>ality issues 1.161 1 1.161 0.290 0.609 0.046 0.074<br />

Communicati<strong>on</strong> 98.368 1 98.368 16.168 0.004 0.821 0.906<br />

C<strong>on</strong>flict resoluti<strong>on</strong> 87.844 1 87.844 35.581 0.001 0.856 0.998<br />

Financial management 1.787 1 1.787 0.329 0.857 0.052 0.078<br />

Leisure activities 49.432 1 49.432 7.059 0.036 0.666 0.840<br />

Sexual relati<strong>on</strong>ship 61.504 1 61.504 14.115 0.009 0.705 0.872<br />

Children and Parenting 2.463 1 2.463 0.205 0.667 0.033 0.067<br />

Family and Friends 6.050 1 6.050 2.136 0.194 0.263 0.235<br />

Equalitarian roles 30.627 1 30.627 1.315 0.295 0.180 0.163<br />

Religious orientati<strong>on</strong> 2.023 1 2.023 0.083 0.783 0.014 0.057<br />

Total <strong>marital</strong> satisfacti<strong>on</strong> mark 1938.124 1 1938.124 75.129 0.000 0.926 1.000<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> results <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> co-variati<strong>on</strong> analysis in the table 3, after c<strong>on</strong>trolling covariate variables (pre<br />

test, age, educati<strong>on</strong>, job, age <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> marriage, the number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> children, income and gender) that<br />

have a significant relati<strong>on</strong>ship with the obsessive compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder revealed<br />

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that schema therapy has led to the reducti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the symptoms am<strong>on</strong>g the married people who<br />

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Past researches also showed that cogniti<strong>on</strong>s such as relati<strong>on</strong>ship attributi<strong>on</strong>s and beliefs,<br />

and assumpti<strong>on</strong>s and should, have been identified as robust correlates <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> relati<strong>on</strong>ship (e.g.,<br />

<strong>marital</strong>) satisfacti<strong>on</strong> (Chatav and Whisman, 2009).<br />

One <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the communicati<strong>on</strong> beliefs that has a str<strong>on</strong>g relati<strong>on</strong>ship with the obsessive<br />

compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder is ―shoulds‖ that is known with doing things perfectly, hard<br />

work and orderliness. It seems that this pers<strong>on</strong>ality pattern has problems such as spending too<br />

much time for being subtle, inflexible, and perfecti<strong>on</strong>ism for self and also in relati<strong>on</strong>ship with<br />

other people such as spouse. Also difficulty in feeling and emoti<strong>on</strong>al expressing and limited<br />

emoti<strong>on</strong>s can cause to <strong>marital</strong> dissatisfacti<strong>on</strong>. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g>s also have an important role in<br />

thoughts, feelings, behaviors and relati<strong>on</strong>ships with others. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g>s are structures or<br />

frameworks that screen, code, examine motives and are resistant to change to a high degree<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cogniti<strong>on</strong> and have a deep effect <strong>on</strong> individual's emoti<strong>on</strong>al and feelings (Riso, Dutoit, Stein<br />

and Young, 2007). Maladaptive or dysfuncti<strong>on</strong>al schemas as enduring, unc<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>al,<br />

negative beliefs about <strong>on</strong>eself, others, and the envir<strong>on</strong>ment which organized <strong>on</strong>e‘s past<br />

experiences and c<strong>on</strong>tinue and deform in our present life and over time, these deep beliefs<br />

about self and others become dysfuncti<strong>on</strong>al to a significant degree and highly resistant to<br />

change in individuals with pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorders (Young,1999). Maladaptive schemas affect<br />

different aspects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> life including marriage. From this point <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> view, the present findings are<br />

the same as the findings <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Clift<strong>on</strong> (1995), Stiles (2004), Andouz and Hamidpour (2006), Ãli,<br />

Seif and Khosravi (2000) and also Young's theory (1990) that is <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the belief that maladaptive<br />

schemas have an important role <strong>on</strong> individual's adulthood life.<br />

Cognitive techniques play an important role in schema therapy .<str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> therapy can<br />

balance people's marriage expectati<strong>on</strong>s and correct factors that can lead to unreas<strong>on</strong>able<br />

thoughts, misunderstandings, focusing <strong>on</strong> the cognitive patterns <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> these people and<br />

correcting their thoughts by modifying maladaptive schemas such as unrelenting standards,<br />

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emoti<strong>on</strong>al inhibiti<strong>on</strong> and defectiveness. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> therapy with cognitive strategies will ask<br />

about the advantages and disadvantages <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this lifestyle so that the ―healthy side‖ <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

pers<strong>on</strong>'s pers<strong>on</strong>ality is developed. Beck (1995), states that an important indicator for working<br />

<strong>on</strong> cogniti<strong>on</strong> is the change <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> emoti<strong>on</strong>s. In a way that the pers<strong>on</strong> experiences again the very<br />

same emoti<strong>on</strong>al state that he experienced at the time <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> his problems. A change <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> emoti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

can be created through imaging, role playing, etc. and it causes "hot" cogniti<strong>on</strong> that has an<br />

important role in cognitive strategies (Whisman and Ubelacker, 2007).<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema therapy approach tries to make the internal child <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the pers<strong>on</strong> and his<br />

ignored needs talk to his healthy internal adult using some experimental techniques so that<br />

the pers<strong>on</strong> can help himself and satisfy his own emoti<strong>on</strong>al needs in a way that there is no<br />

more unreas<strong>on</strong>able expectati<strong>on</strong> in his marriage and he does not need to attain social and<br />

emoti<strong>on</strong>al validati<strong>on</strong> through others. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Schema</str<strong>on</strong>g> therapy also creates changes in the pers<strong>on</strong>'s<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sistency behavioral patterns so that it can correct the causes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> thought strengthen using<br />

behavioral techniques.<br />

Behavioral approaches can help to alternative coping styles. Although cognitive<br />

behavioral approaches use behavioral processes to improve behavioral patterns, but schema<br />

therapy seems more effective <strong>on</strong> chr<strong>on</strong>ic problems as it focuses <strong>on</strong> cogniti<strong>on</strong>s and emoti<strong>on</strong>s<br />

first, and then <strong>on</strong> the more schema-driven behavior patterns. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g>rapeutic relati<strong>on</strong>ship that is a<br />

vital comp<strong>on</strong>ent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema assessment and change has taken a great deal <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> attenti<strong>on</strong> in this<br />

treatment method. It can be said that therapeutic relati<strong>on</strong>ship will help the client percepti<strong>on</strong><br />

and acceptati<strong>on</strong> his problem and this is the beginning <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the acceptance <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> maladaptive<br />

schemas and dysfuncti<strong>on</strong>al thoughts and therefore he w<strong>on</strong>'t resist the treatment. <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> schema<br />

therapy approach believes that the combinati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the four processes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cogniti<strong>on</strong>, emoti<strong>on</strong>al,<br />

behavioral and therapy relati<strong>on</strong>ship can correct and balance dysfuncti<strong>on</strong>al thoughts and<br />

maladaptive schemas that show themselves as dysfuncti<strong>on</strong>al patterns <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> behavior and<br />

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relati<strong>on</strong>ship, in a better way compared to when just <strong>on</strong>e process is used. As people suffering<br />

from the obsessive compulsive pers<strong>on</strong>ality disorder have groups <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> problems such as<br />

dysfuncti<strong>on</strong>al thoughts, c<strong>on</strong>trolling behavior, limited emoti<strong>on</strong>al relati<strong>on</strong>ship, c<strong>on</strong>trolled<br />

emoti<strong>on</strong>al expressing and lack <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> trust in the efficiency <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> therapeutic relati<strong>on</strong>ship in their<br />

married life, schema therapy seems to be a better approach for changing and correcting<br />

beliefs because <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> its comprehensiveness in techniques.<br />

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