Farnoosh Rafei - Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch Faculty of Psychology ans Educational Science
Anita Baghdassarians - Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
Mohammad Hatami - Department of Psychology, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

The purpose of the present research was to examine the effect of cognitive-behavioral stress management on health locus of control and resilience in patients with coronary artery disease. This research was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group. The statistical population of this research consisted of all patients aged ۴۰-۶۵ years with coronary artery disease who were referred to Kasra Hospital in Tehran in ۲۰۱۹. The sample was ۹۰ patients who were selected from the research population and assigned into the two experimental and control groups. Data were collected using the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale and Resilience Scale. The research data were analyzed using Multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA). The results showed that the cognitive-behavior stress management significantly increased internal health locus of control and resilience in the experimental group (P<۰.۰۱). Cognitive-behavioral stress management may lead to a change in one's self-awareness and abilities through cognitive challenge, cognitive error detection and thought replacement, which in turn can increases individual’s sense of containment and cognitive control.

cognitive-behavioral stress management, health locus of control, Resilience, coronary artery disease