the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on anxiety sensitivity, cognitive emotion regulation, and interpretation bias in men with panic disorder

Purpose: the aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy on anxiety sensitivity, cognitive emotion regulation, and interpretation bias in men with panic disorder.methods: the present study was considered a semi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design with an experimental group and a control group. the statistical population of this study was all men with panic disorder in the city of qom, of whom 30 people were selected, 15 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group, through the convenience sampling method. to measure the research variables, demographic characteristics questionnaires, floyd et al.'s anxiety sensitivity questionnaire, garnevsky and craig's cognitive emotion regulation questionnaire, and butler and matthews' interpretation bias questionnaire were used. data were analyzed using spss statistical software and descriptive and inferential tests, including multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance.results: the results of the test showed that cognitive behavioral therapy was effective on anxiety sensitivity, cognitive emotion regulation, and interpretation bias in men with panic disorder with a 99% confidence interval.conclusion: it can be concluded that cognitive behavioral therapy is effective in reducing anxiety sensitivity, improving cognitive emotion regulation, and reducing interpretation bias in men with panic disorder, and this therapeutic method can be used as an effective intervention for the treatment of panic disorder.