Effectiveness of Cognitive-behavioral Therapy to Improveself Esteem, Assertiveness andBehavioral inhibition of Adolescents With SocialPhobia

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) on self-esteem, assertiveness andBehavioral inhibitionof adolescents with social phobia. This Quasi-experimental research was conducted with pretest-posttest control group . Phobia disorder patients visited psychology clinics in Quchan, a city in north eastern part of Iran in 2014, 12 patients were selected randomly divided into two experimental and control groups .The Cooper Smith self Esteem test, assertiveness inventory Gamborill,E.& Richey andbehavioral inhibition scalewere used as the pre-test measures. The experimental group received 10 weeks of cognitive-behavioral therapy sessions. The control group received no treatment. The results of the analysis of multivariate covariance showed that CBT had effect on increase of self-esteem and assertiveness and decrease of behavioral inhibition of adolescents with social phobia. Based on the finding was that the expression can be cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) as an effective method for increase of self-esteem and assertiveness anddecrease of behavioral inhibition of adolescents with social phobia.

کلیدواژه ها:

cognitive-behavioral therapy ، self-esteem ، assertiveness ، behavioral inhibition ، social phobia