COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EMOTIONAL SCHEMA THERAPY, MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY AND IRANIAN-ISLAMIC POSITIVE THERAPY ON THE PAIN ANXIETY AND EMOTIONAL SCHEMASOF METHAMPHETAMINE CONSUMERS IN THE WITHDRAWALSTAGE

Background and Aim : Many psychological factors including inadaptive emotional schemas and anxiety can contributeto the onset and continuation of drug use.Therefore, this study aimedto compare the effectiveness of the pain anxiety and emotional schemas, mindfulnessbasedcognitivetherapy and Iranian-Islamic positive therapy on the pain anxiety and emotional schemas of methamphetamine consumers in the withdrawal stage. Methods : in quasi- experimental plan (pretest, posttest and follow up with control group), 36 methamphetamine consumers were selected as convenience and tested by the pain anxiety and emotional schemas therapy scale. Then, they were randomly placed in three experimental and control groups (each group of 9 persons). The first, the second and the thirdexperimental groupsreceivedpain anxiety and emotional schemas therapy for 11 sessions, Iranian-Islamic positive therapy during 11 sessions and mindfulness based cognitive-behavioral therapy for 8 sessions, respectively and the control group remained on the waiting list. Data was analyzed throughcovariance test (ANCOVA),multivariate variance (MANCOVA) and spss23.Results : results showed that the subjects’ scores of three experimental groups decreasedthan the control group in anxiety and negative emotional schemas (P 0.05).Amongthree therapies, emotional schema therapy had more impactin the decrease of negative emotional schemas than the other two groups (P 0.05).But, there was no significant difference among three therapies in anxiety (P> 0.05).Conclusion : the research findings showed that emotional schema therapy, Iranian-Islamic positive therapy and mindfulness based cognitive therapyare effective in decreasing anxiety and negative emotional schemasof methamphetamine consumers in the withdrawal stage.These can be used as effective psychological therapiestogether with the other therapies. But, the effectiveness of emotional schema therapy is more in the decrease of negative schemas.

کلیدواژه ها:

emotional schema therapy ، Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy ، Iranian-Islamic positive therapy ، pain Anxiety ، Emotional Schemas ، Methamphetamine