Comparison of the Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques Training and Schemes-Based Training on the Adjustment of Secondary Trauma Symptoms in Spouses of Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 M.Sc of Psychology.Department of Psychology, School of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen, Iran.

2 Associate Professor of Psychology.Department of Psychology, School of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen, Iran.

3 M.Sc of Psychology. Department of Psychology, School of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen Branch, Roudehen, Iran.

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Mental and physical status of veterans with PTSD may affect their mental health their spouses. Secondary trauma is a common syndrome in spouses of PTSD veterans and its treatment and prevention can help to improve the mental status of veterans' spouses and their families. The aim of this study was to compare cognitive-behavioral techniques training and schemes-based training on the adjustment of secondary trauma symptoms among the spouses of veterans with post-traumatic syndrome disorder (PTSD).
Subjects and Methods: This study was a pretest-posttest with control group clinical trial. The sample consisted of spouses of veterans with PTSD admitted at Sadr Psychiatric Hospital in Tehran. To select the samples, screening was first carried out and spouses with higher secondary trauma scale (STS) scores (at least 38) in secondary trauma were selected and then randomly allocated into two experimental groups and one control group (n=11 in each). Data were analyzed with MANCOVA test.
Results: The results showed that both methods of schema-based training and cognitive-behavioral techniques training is led to reduce secondary trauma symptoms and its components (arousal, intrusion and avoidance) in spouses of veterans with PTSD (P<0.05) and there is no significant difference between the effectiveness of the two methods in reducing the symptoms of secondary trauma.
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, two methods of cognitive-behavioral training and schema-based training cause the adjustment of symptoms of secondary trauma and its components (arousal, intrusion and avoidance) and using both methods is recommended to psychologists and therapists.

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Jundishapur Scientific Medical Journal
Volume 15, Issue 2 - Serial Number 101
May and June 2016
Pages 187-200

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  • Receive Date: 01 February 2016
  • Revise Date: 24 February 2016
  • Accept Date: 08 March 2016

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