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.