Purpose: cognitive-behavioral therapy is effective in solving students' problems by promoting resilience and social health. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on resilience based on Islamic spirituality and social health of students.
Materials and methods: This research was conducted as a semi-experimental method with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the research included all the students of Islamic Azad University, Yazd branch in 2016, 30 of them were selected to enter the research by available sampling method and were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. The experimental group was trained in cognitive-behavioral therapy twice a week during 14 sessions of 90 minutes. The control group did not receive any intervention. The data were collected in the pre-test and post-test stages using resilience questionnaires based on Islamic spirituality (2015) and Keyes' social health (1998) and analyzed using the covariance analysis method.
Findings: The results showed that in the experimental group, the average score of resilience based on Islamic spirituality increased from 74.21 in the pre-test stage to 85.94 in the post-test stage. Also, in the experimental group, the average social health score increased from 83.32 in the pre-test stage to 91.67 in the post-test stage (P<0.001).
Conclusion: According to the findings, it can be concluded that the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy has an effect on increasing resilience based on Islamic spirituality and social health of students.