The effects of stress management based on cognitive- behavior therapy on type A personality

Aim and Type A individuals are more likely to suffer problems due to certain worldviews that job. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of stress management therapy based on cognitive-behavior therapy on type A personality in industrial company employees Methods and Materials: This is study a quasi-experimental. population in this study included all Personnel of industrial Company، that company was registered in 1390، from among employees of the company were 500 people were randomly selected that basis on their respond to type a personality inventory. The final sample included 30 men who were selected randomly among 500 men with score upper one standard deviation from mean. The men were divided randomly into two groups (experimental and control). First performed Type A and job stressors inventories as pretest، then 10 sessions of group therapy of stress management based on cognitive-behavior therapy carried out. The data resulted from the research were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results showed that both experimental and control groups after implementation of stress management indicates that there is a significant difference in the type A behavior pattern. Also، between the two groups in terms of type A and type A non-morbid disease so there is significant difference in stress management. Stress management training technique cognitive - behavioral is effective in modifying behavior patterns type A، and thereby can be psychological and occupational problems related to this type of personality in reduced staff.