Effect of Islamic Integrated Cognitive Behavior Therapy on Negative Automatic Thoughts in Young Adult Females

Abstract

The aim of research was to assess the effectiveness of Islamic Integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (IICBT) to reduce negative automatic thoughts of young adult females. This therapy can help Muslim patients in addressing their negative and distorted thinking patterns (Salami & Khan, 2019). It was hypothesized that there will be a significant decrease in negative automatic thoughts before and after the treatment of (IICBT) in experimental group. Pre-post quantitative research design employing convenient purposive sampling was used. Including young adult females (18-25 years), enrolled total 20 participants (experimental group = 10, wait list control group = 10). The current research shows the significance at (p <0.05) which provides clear indications that the NATs of participants enrolled in experimental group significantly reduces in post-test. Further, Male individuals can also be added in future researches to provide generalize results of the given treatment.