The effect of integrative approach (Schema therapy and imago therapy) on girls’ love addiction in Isfahan
Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of integrative approach (Imago therapy and schema therapy) on girls’ love addiction in Isfahan. The method of this study was of semi experimental and pretest-posttest type with control group. The statistical society of this study included girls referred to consultation and cultural center of Isfahan. Among these individual 30 persons who obtained the required mark in Pibody’ addiction to love questionnaire; were selected and 15 individuals assigned to experimental group and the other 15 to control one. The study hypotheses was as follow: integrative approach (imago therapy and schema therapy) is effective on girls’ love addiction. The dependent variable was girls’ love addiction which were evaluated using Pibody’ addiction to love questionnaire. The independent variable was integrative approach (imago therapy and schema therapy) which was enforced in one experiment group and 8 individual sessions. The data were analyzed with covariance analysis by SPSS software. The results showed that integrative approach has improved girls’ love addiction. © 2018, Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. All rights reserved.