effectiveness of LEARN stress management program on reduction of perceived stress and worry students

This research was conducted to assess the effectiveness of LEARN stress management program on reduction of perceived stress and worry among female students of Payame Noor University in Tehran. For this reason, among volunteers who their scores in perceived stress scale were one standard deviation more than average (M=27.26, SD=8.32) and so they were realized stressful, twenty- six participants, regarding to exclude- include criteria were selected and randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups. All participants filled out all of the items of perceived stress scale and Pennsylvania state worry questionnaire prior to and after LEARN program to experimental group. Data analysis by using repeated measures method revealed that perceived stress and worry significantly improved among participants of experimental group in comparison to control group (p<0.05). Therefore, LEARN program by its components could affect the stress cycle in different aspects, and led to stress and worry reduction.