A Comparison between the Effectiveness of Utterly Monotheistic Group Therapy and that of Cognitive-Behavioral GroupTherapy in Reducing the Stress of the Wives of the Wounded Having Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

The present research aims at comparing the effectiveness of utterly monotheistic group therapy and that of cognitive –behavioral group therapy in reducing the stress of the wives of the wounded soldiers who have post traumatic stress disorder. The research is semi-experimental, and constitutes pre-test, post-test, and follow –up procedures. The statistical population is the wives of the wounded soldiers from Mashhad who have post traumatic stress disorder. 24 subjects were selected by available sampling method and were randomly divided into two groups: experimental and control. The two groups were tested by a utterly monotheistic group therapy and cognitive – behavioral group therapy over ten two-hour sessions, while the control group received no therapy. The subjects were evaluated by a DASS – 21 questionnaire in the three stages: pre-test, post- test, and a one-month follow up. The research findings based on variance-analysis method and repeated measurements demonstrate the effectiveness of the utterly monotheistic group therapy and cognitive-behavioral group in reducing stress. Furthermore, the results show that there is no significant difference between utterly monotheistic group therapy and cognitive-behavioral group therapy in reducing the stress of the wives of the wounded soldiers suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.