Compare Effectiveness of Teaching Rational Emotive Therapy on Flexability and Mental Health Women with Sexual High risk and Substance Abuse Behaviours of Rasht city

Abstract Introduction: womens have damageable of mental and physicals struc k more than men.studies show that about 11% of street women has addiction, moreover they have aggressive behaviours. Aim: This study is a quasi experimental study to compare effectiveness of teaching Rational Emotive Therapy on Flexability and Mental Health Women with Sexual High risk and Substance Abuse Behaviours. Methods : The study sample consisted of 120 women with substance abuse and sexual high risk behaviours of Rasht city that refer to TC and health center.subjects which were selected by simple random sampling , study design was dobelgroup quasi experimental of pretest - posttest with control group type . Data collection tool for this study consisted of a questionnaire for flexability designed by Konor and Davison and questionnaireSCL-90-R .flexability andSCL-90- Rquestionnaire as a pre- test and post -test questionnaires were administered.teachingRational Emotive Therapy subjects attended in 10 structured 2hours duration training sessions per week respectively, but the control group did not receive any training . In order to analyze the data at descriptive statistics level the mean and standard deviation were used and at Inferential statistics level Covariancemulti analysis post hoc test was used. Result: showed that effectiveness of teaching Rational Emotive Therapy on Flexability and Mental Health Women with Sexual High risk and Substance Abuse Behaviours. Conclusion:Ellis approach was kind of multi approach that investigated of negative cognition and so many research approved it.

Key words : Teaching Rational Emotive Therapy ,Flexability, Mental Healt