The Effect of Emotional Schema Therapy on Depression and Loneliness in Girl’s Dormitory Students

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Emotional Schema Therapy in decreasing depression and Feeling loneliness of dormitory girls. This experimental study is a post-test pre-test with the control group. The statistical population of the study was female students residing in Fatemieh dormitory in Kermanshah. Among these students, 24 volunteers were selected according to the entry and exit criteria. They were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The Emotional Schema Therapy was implemented during nine sessions in the experimental group. The research tool was Beck-short form Depression Inventory (BDI-S) and the SELSA-S Sensory Loneliness Scale And the therapeutic protocol of the emotional schema therapy. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that the emotional health plan significantly reduces the feeling of depression and loneliness)P<0.05). Therefore, Emotional Schema Therapy seems to be effective in reducing depression and loneliness.