The Effectiveness of Schema Therapy on Rumination and in Women with Marital Conflicts in Isfahan

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of schema therapy on the rumination of women with marital conflicts in Isfahan. The present study was a single-subject design. The statistical population of the study was all women with marital conflict who referred to the Crisis Intervention Center of the Welfare Organization, from which 3 people were selected by convenience sampling. Before the start of the treatment sessions, 2 sessions were held as a baseline for each participant, then the participants underwent Yang schema therapy for 14 sessions. After one month, two follow-up sessions were performed one week apart. The instruments used in this study were Barati and Sanai (MCQ) Marital Conflict Questionnaire (1996), Nolen-Hooksma and Moro (RRS) Ruminant Questionnaire (1991), and Schema Therapy Protocol. For data analysis, visual analysis method, graphs and indicators of trend, stability, percentage of non-overlapping data (PND), and percentage of overlapping data (POD) were used. The results showed that schema therapy was effective on rumination of women with marital conflict. Regarding the rumination variable, except for the second case, in which the result of treatment showed a very good effect (PND = 100%), in the other two treatments, it had a relatively good effect (70%