Atefeh Abbasi - Phd of psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science & Research Branch (Isfahan), Iran.
Mohammad khorrami - Phd of psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Science & Research Branch (Isfahan), Iran.
Faezeh Kaviyani - Addiction and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran

Aim: The purpose of this study was to determine effect of narrative therapy on anxiety and tolerance of people with generalized anxiety disorder in Tehran in 2019.Methods: The method is quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design and control group and 2-month follow-up period. The samples were selected by simple sampling method (30 patients) and randomly divided into two groups: experimental group (narrative group 15 patients) and a control group (15 patients). Data were collected using three questionnaires of Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire of Spitzer et al, Anxiety Questionnaire of Beck et al and Tolerance Questionnaire of Conner & Davidson and analyzed by one-way analysis of variance and SPSS.Results: The results from variance analysis demonstrated that narrative therapy has a meaningful effect on anxiety and tolerance of people with generalized anxiety disorder.Conclusion: in order to increase the level of tolerance and reduce the level of anxiety in people with generalized anxiety disorder should be paid more attention to narrative therapy education.

Effectiveness, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Narrative Therapy, Anxiety, Tolerance