Fatemeh Banikarim - Master of General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Adiban Institute of Higher Education, Semnan Province, Iran
Roya Aftab - Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Adiban Institute of Higher Education, Semnan Province, Iran

This research was conducted with the aim of determining the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy on resilience during the covid-۱۹ epidemic. The research method was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a follow-up period. All the residents of Tehran in the spring of ۱۴۰۰ constituted the statistical population of this research. A number of ۳۰ people were selected in a purposeful way and with age homogenization, they were randomly placed in two experimental and control groups. The research tools included resilience questionnaire (Connor and Davidson, ۲۰۰۳). Cognitive-behavioral therapy was applied in ۹ sessions, each session for ۹۰ minutes, to the subjects of the experimental group, but the subjects of the control group did not receive the intervention program. The research data was analyzed using the method of analysis of variance with repeated measurements. The results of the research showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy was effective in improving resilience scores in the test group subjects in the post-test period.

Resilience, cognitive-behavioral therapy, coronavirus