Mashhad Razavi Hospital Razavi Journal of Medicine 3115-753X 12 1 2024 02 01 Comparison of the Effectiveness of Group Reality Therapy and Cognitive-behavioral Group Therapy on Coping Strategies in Post-abortion Women 17 22 118539 10.30483/rijm.2021.254250.1089 EN Mozhgan Zarean Department of Psychology, UAE Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hasan Ahadi Department of Psychology, UAE Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Farhad Jomehri Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran Faramarz Sohrabi Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2023 06 14 Background: One of the most common pregnancy complications is an abortion, causing various mental challenges for women and their families. Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of group reality therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on the coping strategies of women after abortion. Methods: This semi-experimental study was performed based on a pretest-posttest design and a control group. In this study, 45 women with abortion practices were randomly assigned to the first test group, the second test group, and the intervention group (n=15 in each group). The data collection instrument was a coping strategies questionnaire. Educational interventions were implemented with pre-established targets for women, followed by a re-administration of the questionnaires, and data analysis was carried out 50 days later. Data were analyzed by mixed variance analysis and Bonferroni test using SPSS22 software. Results: Findings showed a significant difference between reality therapy and CBT on coping strategies in all components (P<0.05) except for confrontive coping and distancing. Conclusion: It can be concluded that CBT was more effective than reality therapy in improving coping strategies.

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