The Effectiveness of Spiritual- Religious Group Therapy Based on Islamic Viewpoints on Reducing Generalized Anxiety in University Students

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of spiritual- religious group therapy based on Islamic viewpoints in generalized anxiety. In this study, experimental design was used. Thirty females, who were at Shiraz University doming with moderate to high levels of anxiety, were selected using random cluster sampling method. The participants were replaced randomly in each of experimental and control groups. Spiritual- religious group therapy applied to the experimental group during eight sessions once per week, whereas the control group took part in the book reading sessions. Spielberg’ State-Trait Anxiety Scale was used as the pre-test and post-test for each of the two groups. Analysis of covariance was applied to data. The results showed that the mean anxiety scores in the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the control group on the post-test. As a conclusion, the spiritual- religious group therapy based on Islamic viewpoints was effective for reducing State-Trait Anxiety in students. These results have implications for future research in the field of multi-dimensional psychotherapy for psychological disorder ysis, 8 strategies are obtained that generally include subjects such as talent scouting and education, facilitating legal steps, distribution systems improvement, establishment of incubators and venture capital funds.