M.A. Thesis:

ZENDEGIM: Effectiveness of cognitive behaviorial therapy on conflict resolving and emotional self-regulatory Acute middle school students in Mashhad.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on conflict resolution and emotional self-regulation in high school students with Major anxiety in Mashhad. The statistical population of this study consisted of all students with acute anxiety who were studying in the second high school in Mashhad. A sample of 40 students was selected from among the students who were willing to participate in the study and based on the Cattell Anxiety Questionnaire, were selected through convenience sampling. And responded to the Weeks Conflict Resolving Styles Questionnaire (1994) and Granofsky et al.'s Emotional Self-Regulation Questionnaire (2001) in the pretest. The 40 subjects were randomly divided into two groups of 20 experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 8 sessions of cognitive behavioral therapy and the control group is on the waiting list, the control group received no treatment. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data and SPSS21 software was used to accelerate the results. The results showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy had a significant effect on conflict resolution and emotional self-regulation in students with Major anxiety. In other words, people with Major anxiety could participate in cognitive behavioral therapy sessions to improve their conflict resolution styles and to increase their emotional self-regulation.

Keywords: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Conflict Resolving Styles, Emotional Self-Regulation, Students with Ma