Comparing the Effectiveness of Reality Therapy and Schema Therapy on the Perfectionism of Working Women in Shiraz

The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of reality therapy and schema therapy on the perfectionism of working women. The materials and methods of this research are Quasi-experiment with a pre-test and post-test design. The statistical population consists of working women based in Shiraz. First, a number of ۱۵۰ working women completed Hill et al.'s perfectionism inventory (۲۰۰۴). Then ۴۵ individuals who had the higher scores compared to the rest, were selected and randomly placed in three groups of ۱۵, including two experimental groups and one control group; and then the first experimental group was exposed to ۸ sessions of reality therapy and the second experimental group was exposed to ۸ sessions of schema therapy and the control group did not receive any intervention. The information obtained from covariance analysis was analyzed with the SPSS software. The findings obtained from the covariance analysis showed that both methods led to a significant reduction in the perfectionism of the subjects of the experimental groups. Among the two types of therapy, schema therapy had a greater effect in reducing perfectionism; but there was no significant difference between the two methods in reducing perfectionism. Based on the results, both reality therapy and schema therapy can be used to reduce the perfectionism of working women.

Keywords:

Reality Therapy , Schema Therapy , Perfectionism , Working Women