THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP THERAPY BASED ON EMOTIONAL SCHEMA THERAPY ON SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT AND SOCIAL PHOBIA AMONG PEOPLE WITH HISTORY OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATED WITH METHADONE

Background and Aim : Addiction is an abnormal phenomenon with clinical, behavioral, and cognitive symptoms that contribute to the creation of social and psychological factors on the one hand and biological factors on the other. Various researches show that any person with a history of drug abuse has an imbalance in social adjustment, even during the treatment period (Sadri Damirchi and Mohammadi, 2017). The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of group therapy based on emotional schema therapy on social adjustment and social phobia among people undergoing methadone treatment.Methods : The population of this study included all patients undergoing methadone treatment in Shabestar city, out of whom 30 patients were selected through purposive sampling method. The research method was quasi-experimental and participants were trained for 8 sessions 120 minutes each. The research design was pre-test and post-test with a control group. Data were collected using Social Adjustment Scale (1999) and Connor’s Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) (2000). For data analysis, covariance analysis was used. Results : The results showed that group therapy based on emotional schema therapy on social adjustment among people with a history of substance abuse treated with methadone has been effective and has improved their social adjustment (p <0.001). Also, the intervention of group therapy based on emotional schema therapy had a significant effect on the subscales of phobia, avoidance, physiology and social phobia scores (p <0.001).Conclusion : ). In other words, a group therapy based on emotional schema therapy increases social adjustment and reduces the social phobia of patients with substance abuse treated with methadone.Keywords : addiction, substance abuse, group therapy based on emotional schema therapy, social adjustment, social phobia

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addiction ، substance abuse ، group therapy based on emotional schema therapy ، social adjustment ، social phobia