The Effectiveness of Stress Management Group Training Against Anxiety on General Health of Pre-university Girl Students

The aim of present study was to examine the effectiveness of stress management group training against anxiety on General Health of Shiraz pre-university girl students. For this purpose, a sample of 30 subjects of pre-university girl students in Shiraz were selected by random cluster sampling and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received a 8 sessions of instruction within the framework of Stress inoculation training Program. The control group not received intervention. The subjects were assessed by General Health Questionnaire two times (before and after treatment). The collected data were then put to the Multivariate Covariance Analysis. Findings show that the instruction has caused significant mental health improvement in the experimental group compared to control group. Therefore, the program is recommended to be used for pre-university girl students.