The effectiveness of cognitive- behavioral group therapy on coping strategies in people with anxiety disorder

The main purpose of present study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on coping strategies in people of with anxiety disorder. This is an experimental research design in the form of a pretest and posttest is done with the control group. In order to, 20 subjects had a diagnosis of anxiety disorder were randomly chosen and randomly divided into 2 groups (10 control group, 10 experimental group). For data collection Endler & Parker coping strategies questionnaire was used in both pretest and posttest and was completed by the participants. For experimental group, 11 sessions of cognitive-behavioral group therapy were held but control group did not receive any training. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance. Results showed a significant increase in problem solving coping strategy and significant reduce in emotional and avoidance coping strategies. Thus, according to the findings of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on coping strategies (problem solving, emotional and avoidance) and led to an increase in the experimental group and the reduction of problem focused coping strategy and avoidance of experimental group.