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Abstract

Introduction: Mental health is one of the priorities of health system. In recent years emphasis on sprituality and religion as essential component of psychoeducational and theraputic approaches is  increased. This research aimed to investigaton the impact of Islamic Quality of life Therapy on depression and quality of life in students with MDD in Chaharmahal & Bakhtiari Payam-e- Nour university.

Methods: This research is performed in a quasi-experimental design. To do so, using diagnostic interview 40 depressed students were selected among the clients of councelling centers and after satisfying, were assigned to experiment and control groups using random eplacement method. Then all of them were completed the Beck Depression Inventory and WHO Quality of life questionaire in pre-test phase. Then Islamic quality of life therapy were conducted for the experiment group in 10 session for 90 minutes. The data were analysed using ANCOVA in SPSS-18 software.

Results: finding showed that Islamic quality of life therapy has decreased depression(f_(1،33) =96/3,p<0/001,  ²η=0/73)  and increased quality of life significantly(f_(1،34) =35/77,p<0/001, ²η =0/52) in students of experiment group.

Conclusion: Attention to religion as a one of the most important components of culture and adding it to psychological interventions with an integrative and holistic perspective to humans, can increase the effectiveness of interventions.