The effectiveness of schema therapy on referential thinking and emotional exhaustion in female nurses

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of schema therapy on referential thinking and emotional exhaustion of female nurses. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test, post-test, and control group with a follow-up period of one month. The statistical population includes all the female nurses of Imam Khomeini Hospital (RA) in 1400, the total number of which was n=973. The research sample was 40 people and they were selected purposefully. Among the research sample, 20 people were randomly replaced in the control group and 20 people in the two intervention groups. The experimental group received the intervention during 10 sessions of 90 minutes once a week. The data were collected using the referential thinking questionnaire (PTQ), and job burnout (MBI) and analyzed by the variance analysis method with repeated measurements. The main effect of the group for referential thinking (P>0.05, F=95.4) and emotional exhaustion (P>0.05, F=13.9) are significant; That is, there is a difference between the two groups in terms of the mean of referential thinking and emotional fatigue. In referential thinking, the main effect of the three stages of measurement (P < 0.05, F = 14.5) and emotional fatigue also (P < 0.05, F 7.37) =) is significant. It can be concluded that this intervention was able to reduce the referential thinking and emotional fatigue of nurses to a great extent.