the effect of cognitive-behavioral therapy on communication skills and eating disorders among adolescents with eating disorders

Background: one of the main indications for cognitive behavioral treatment is eating disorders (cbt). this study examine the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on communication skills and eating disorders among high school adolescents. methods: the present study employed a quasi-experimental design composed of a pre-test and post-test design in experimental and control groups. a total of 40 students were selected and randomly assigned to experimental (n=20) and control (n=20) groups through a multistage cluster sampling method. cognitivebehavioral therapy was performed in nine 60-minute sessions for the experimental group, while the control group did not receive any intervention. queendom’s communication skills test-revised inventory (2004) and garner’s eating disorders questionnaire (garner, 1979) were used to collect data. all statistical analyses were performed using the spss 24.0 software for windows (spss inc.), and p<0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. results: the mean±sd of communication skills in the case group in pre-test and post-test were as follows:75.15±6.67, 81.75±6.04. the mean±sd of eating disorders in the case group in pre-test and post-test were as follows:36.5±1.71, 36.95±3.44 the results obtained from the analysis of covariance showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy had a significant effect on communication skills and eating disorders (p=0.01). conclusion: according to the findings of this study, it can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral therapy can be adopted as a suitable method of improving communication skills and the treatment of eating disorders in adolescent students.