The effectiveness of cognitive behavior group therapy on thought- action fusion, thought suppression and guilty feeling of university students

This research was designed to assess the effectiveness of cognitive behavior group therapy on thought- action fusion، thought suppression and guilt feelings of university students. In this experimental pretest- posttest study، 518 female university students responded to 3 instrument: TAF Scale، Thought Suppression Scale and Guilty Feelings Scale. Then 30 subjects who had high scores in the three scales were randomly assigned to two equalsize experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 8 sessions of cognitive behavior therapy based on Zucker and et al model. The results analysis of covariance show that cognitive behavior therapy significantly reduced thought action fusion، suppression and guilty feelings among the experimental group. It is concluded that cognitive behavior therapy can reduce thought action fusion، suppression and guilty feelings among female university students