Comparison of the effectiveness of mothers' behavioralmanagement training with cognitive- behavioral training onreducing social anxiety of girl from 13-15 years old

Anxiety disorders are one of the most common mental disorders in school age. The purpose of this study is comparing effectiveness of mothers’ behavior management training with cognitive behavior group therapy with considering both presence and lack of presence of girls who have social anxiety. Materials and Methods This research has been done experimentally by the approach of pre-test, posttest as well as follow-up along with control group. The statistical population consists of all girls from 13 to 15 Zeynabiyeh schools in Shahriyar. With our performance on 600 school students, 120 students with social anxiety were found that 45 persons selected. First educational group received mothers’ behavior management training and second educational group received cognitive behavior group therapy of girls, mothers’ behavior management training and control group did not receive any training and stay on the waiting list. The instrument of research was Jerabek social anxiety scale. Data were statistically analyzed using SPSS24 software and analysis of variance with repeated measurements. Results The results indicate that mothers’ behavior management training and cognitive behavior group therapy of girls together lead to decreasing social anxiety(p>0.05 ). but mothers’ behavior management training alone could not reduce social anxiety. These outcomes were acknowledged in follow-up. Conclusion According to the findings of the study, the effectiveness of the intervention of behavioral management training for mothers and cognitive-behavioral training for girls was confirmed in reducing girls' social anxiety. Therefore, this method can be considered as one of the useful and practical treatments for this group of girls.