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Islamic lifestyle with a focus on health

Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Training (CBT) on Social Anxiety and Verbal Skills

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 MA, Department of Clinical Psychology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral training (CBT) on the social anxiety of speech and verbal skills of male high school students. The studied population consists of all male students of high school in Tehran. The sampling method of the present study was the staged cluster sampling method. The current sample size was selected based on previous researches. In the present study, cognitive-behavioral skills training package and two questionnaires of social anxiety, speech and verbal skills were used. The results showed that the post-test scores of verbal skills in the experimental and control groups were significantly different after removing the effect of the pre-test scores. and the effect of teaching cognitive behavioral skills on increasing verbal skills and social anxiety of speech. Other results showed that the difference in the adjusted averages of speech social anxiety (PANPS) of the two experimental and control groups in the post-test was statistically significant, as was the difference in the scores of the experimental and control groups or the effect of the educational method. Teaching cognitive-behavioral skills helps male students to balance their social speech anxiety and verbal skills in different situations.
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