comparison of the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral group therapy and quality of life therapy on self efficacy among addicts

aim and background: existing researches in the field of addiction generally focus on strategies for withdrawal not on the addicted victims quality of life. therefore, in this study, the addicted people is educated to enhance or improve the quality of life, reform and develop the teaching of cognitive– behavioral therapy, the impact of these developments on important factors such as self-efficacy has been studied. methods and materials: the research is of the type semi-experimental with experimental and control groups, with follow-up (45 days). to determine the number of the sample, at first, two clinics for addiction withdrawal (fardaye roshan clinic and rahabakhsh clinic) in the year 1390 were selected. 36 people applying for participation in the study were randomly assigned to two groups (cognitive behavioral group therapy and quality of life therapy) and control assigned. finally, at the end of sessions, posttest and 45-day follow-up were administrated on the group. for the reason of controlling intervention variable, multivariate analysis of covariance has been use in addiction to descriptive statistics. findings: the results of the research indicate that cbt and the treatment based on the improvement of life quality could significantly increase the addicts, scores of self efficacy in post test compared to the control group (p<0.5). the point to be mentioned is the better functioning of the treatment based on the improvement of quality of life therapy compared to cbt in the addicts, follow-up stage of self efficacy.