The Study of Effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapyon addicted women in six monthfollow up

The aim of this research was to investigate the effectiveness ofcognitive behaviortherapy(CBT) oninternet addicted girl students.Participants of the study were 24 addicted girl students who randomly selected from internet addicted students of Tehran universities.Participants randomly placed in two 12 groups. After applyingYoung Internet AddictionInventory (YIDI) for both group, Group CBT was used forone group in 10(each session 2 hours) sessions. The control group received no treatment. After the end of therapy and 6 month later YIDI was performed for both groups. Data was analyzed by Covariance analysis.Results showed that CBT significantly improve addiction.After 6 month, the effectiveness of therapeuticintervention was persistent. Resultsof this research showed that CBT can improve internet addiction.