Effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on the coping strategies of non-medical students of Shahrekord university of medical sciences

Stress is a major problem of the modern world, causing psychological and physiological diseases. Object of this study was to evaluate the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy on coping styles of non-medical students of Shahrekord university of medical scences. This two phases experimental study was performed on 60 students, having non-effective coping styles. They were randomly divided into the control (n=30) and case (n=30) groups. Billingz & Mouse coping questionnaire was used to assess coping styles. The case group was treated with 8 weeks of group cognitive behavioral therapy. Quantitative analysis of data was undertaken by using dependent and paired t-tests. The results showed that cognitive behavioral therapy had significant effects on improvement and effectiveness of the coping strategies (P<0.001).