Hadi Anjomshoaa - PhD Student of Educational Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, Zahedan, Iran.
Reza Snagui Moharer - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Zahedan Branch, Zahedan, Iran.
Mahmoud Shirazi - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching neuro-verbal planning strategies and cognitive-behavioral approach on reducing students' anxiety, depression, and stress.Method: This quasi-experimental study is a pre-test-post-test with a control group and the study population includes all adolescent girls and boys ۱۵ to ۱۸ who were studying in the secondary schools of Kerman in the academic year of ۱۹۹۹-۲۰۱۰. And were randomly replaced in three groups of ۱۵ people. Experimental group ۱ underwent strategic training of neuro-verbal planning for ۱۸ minutes in each session for ۱۸ minutes and experimental group ۲ underwent aphthous-behavioral therapy in ۶ sessions once a week for ۶۰ minutes. They did not receive any special training or treatment. The instruments used in this study included the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS-۲۱).Results: Findings showed that teaching neuro-verbal programming strategies as well as cognitive-behavioral therapy on reducing depression (=۲ = ۰.۸۸۳, P <۰.۰۵), anxiety (=۲ = ۰.۸۴۶, P <۰.۰۵) and stress (=۲ = ۰.۸۶۳, P <۰.۰۵) had a significant effect on students. On the other hand, the effect of teaching neuro-verbal planning strategies and cognitive-behavioral approach on reducing students' depression, anxiety and stress was not significantly different (p> ۰.۰۵).Conclusion: Based on the results, it can be said that teaching neuro-verbal planning strategies and cognitive-behavioral approach reduces depression, anxiety and stress in adolescents. And the effect of teaching neuro-verbal planning strategies and cognitive-behavioral approach on reducing depression, anxiety and stress in adolescents has been the same.

Comparison, neuro-verbal programming, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Anxiety, Depression, stress