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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT20260610069745N1</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2026-09-17</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Islamic Azad University</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>The effectiveness of schema therapy on self-esteem and self-efficacy</public_title>
      <acronym></acronym>
      <scientific_title>The effectiveness of schema therapy on self-esteem and self-efficacy of divorced women</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2026-09-16</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>30</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/90851</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Supportive, Randomization description: Allocation method: Simple randomization Allocation unit: Individual (participant) Randomization tool: Lottery How to construct the random sequence: After identifying and selecting eligible individuals based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, participants were randomly assigned to the intervention and control groups using a lottery method in a 1:1 ratio. Allocation concealment: Participants were assigned to the intervention and control groups using a lottery, and the assigned group was determined at the time of the lottery.</study_design>
      <phase>N/A</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Divorced women.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Intervention group: Divorced women from the counseling center. This intervention is a group therapy based on schema therapy for divorced women, which is implemented in 8 weekly 90-minute sessions. The goal of the intervention is to identify and modify maladaptive schemas and ineffective coping styles, and to strengthen self-esteem and self-efficacy. The sessions include schema training, identifying and modifying ineffective beliefs, emotion regulation, strengthening the "healthy adult", increasing self-esteem and self-efficacy, and training in coping and communication skills. Intervention 2: Control group: Divorced women from the counseling center. The control group does not receive schema therapy intervention during the research period and is placed on the waiting list/usual conditions.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan>Yes - There is a plan to make this available</results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description>What will be shared:
Treatment protocol results and tables

When:
Access period starts 6 months after results are published.

To whom:
Researchers working in academic and scientific institutions

Conditions:
The use of the documentation of this trial will only be possible for academic and scientific researchers on a limited basis and with permission from the person responsible for this trial.

Where to obtain:
Correspondence via email to Mahdieh Rajabi 
rajabimahi907@gmail.com

How to obtain:
Any request for access to data or documentation from this study must be made by sending a formal written request to the principal investigator or supervisor. This request must include the applicant's details, the purpose of using the data, the type of data required, and how to ensure the confidentiality of the information. After receiving the request, the following will be reviewed: Verification of the applicant's scientific identity and organizational affiliation Evaluation of the research objective and its consistency with the ethical principles of the study Final approval by the principal investigator and, if necessary, approval by the university ethics committee, the data will be made available to the applicant in an anonymized form and limited to the requested items, in the form of scientific use. The use of the data is permitted only with reference to the source and observance of the confidentiality of the participants' information.

Comments:
</results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Maryam Zakeri Hamidi</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>5th km of Chalus Road, Vali Abad</address>
        <city>Tonekabon</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>4681815963</zip>
        <telephone>+98 11 5428 2733</telephone>
        <email>iau.ir@2200059991</email>
        <affiliation>Islamic Azad University</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Mahdiye Rajabi</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Haft Tir, end of Keshavarz Street, next to Nutrica Pool, Persian 3 Building, Unit 8</address>
        <city>Tonekabon</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>4681815963</zip>
        <telephone>+98 11 5428 2733</telephone>
        <email>rajabimahi907@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Islamic Azad University</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Divorced Women, Aramesh Counseling Center, Tonekabon City
Failure to receive psychological and pharmacological treatment in recent months
Subjects' willingness and informed consent to participate in the research</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>no limit</agemin>
      <agemax>no limit</agemax>
      <gender>Female</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria>Withdrawal and non-cooperation to continue the research and absence of more than two sessions
Becoming ill or developing conditions that make it impossible to continue attending meetings.</exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code></hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword></hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Behavior</i_code>
      <i_code>N/A</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group: Divorced women from the counseling center. This intervention is a group therapy based on schema therapy for divorced women, which is implemented in 8 weekly 90-minute sessions. The goal of the intervention is to identify and modify maladaptive schemas and ineffective coping styles, and to strengthen self-esteem and self-efficacy. The sessions include schema training, identifying and modifying ineffective beliefs, emotion regulation, strengthening the "healthy adult", increasing self-esteem and self-efficacy, and training in coping and communication skills.</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Control group: Divorced women from the counseling center. The control group does not receive schema therapy intervention during the research period and is placed on the waiting list/usual conditions.</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Measuring self-esteem using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Questionnaire. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the end of the schema therapy sessions. Method of measurement: The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Questionnaire (RSES) consists of 10 questions, with a higher score indicating higher self-esteem.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Measuring self-efficacy using the Scherrer Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after the end of the schema therapy sessions. Method of measurement: Scherrer Self-Efficacy Questionnaire, which includes 17 questions, with a higher score indicating greater self-efficacy.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome></sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Islamic Azad University</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2026-08-16</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Islamic Azad University, Lahijan Branch</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Haft Tir, end of Dr. Meftah St., next to Nutrica Pool, Persian 3 Building, Unit 8 Tonekabon Mazandaran Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
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