comparison of the effectiveness of group reality therapy and cognitive-behavioral group therapy on coping strategies in post-abortion women

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.