Comparing the Effectiveness of Psychological Empowerment Training and Schema Therapy on Psychological Resilience, Suicidal Ideation and Cognitive Fusion of Adolescent Girls Who Were Victims of Domestic Violence

Background & aim: Nowadays, there are factors that cause nervous tension in the lives of all people and it has created problems for children in families, domestic violence sometimes occurs in families due to the mutual understanding of parents and children, which leads to thoughts It becomes negative in children such as suicide.The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of psychological empowerment training and schema therapy on psychological resilience and suicidal ideation of teenage girls who were victims of domestic violence in Dehdasht, Iran.Methods: The present quasi-experimental study consisted of a three-stage design (pre-test-posttest-follow-up) and three groups with a two-month follow-up period.The statistical population of the study included teenage girls who were victims of domestic violence in Dehdasht, Iran, in the second half of 2022.A total of 45 participants were randomly selected in three groups of 15 people each; psychological empowerment training experiment, schema therapy, and control.The collected data were analyzed using statistical tests of analysis of variance with a mixed design and Bonferroni post hoc test. Results:The results indicated that psychological empowerment training and schema therapy on psychological resilience (Eta=0.43,p>0.00123F=34), suicidal ideation (Eta=0.45p>0.001,F=21.32) and cognitive fusion (Eta=0.44,p>0.00112F=19) of adolescent girls who were victims of violence.Home had a significant effect and this effect has continued.Moreover, the results of the follow-up test indicated that there was a significant difference between the effectiveness of psychological empowerment training and schema therapy on psychological resilience, suicidal ideation, and cognitive fusion of adolescent girls who are victims of domestic violence (p<0.05).In this manner, psychological empowerment training was more effective than schema therapy and has continued.Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present study, considering the greater effectiveness of psychological empowerment training on increasing psychological resilience and reducing suicidal thoughts and cognitive fusion in adolescent girls who were victims of domestic violence, it is suggested that special attention be paid to psychological empowerment in adolescents who are victims of violence.