en مشاوره گروهی شناختی رفتاری بر باورهای ناکارآمدو رضایت زناشویی زنان باردار دارای ترس از زایمان نخست ● International Health مقاله اصيل پژوهشي Orginal Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Background:</strong></span> The present study examined the effect of Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (GCBT) on inefficient beliefs and marital satisfaction in pregnant women with the Fear of First Childbirth (FoFC).&nbsp;<br> <span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Methods:</strong></span> This was a quasi-experimental study with a Pre-test-Post-test and a control group design. The study participants were pregnant women with FoFC who visited Quchan health center in 2018. The study participants were selected using a questionnaire of childbirth fear (as screening) of women with the fear of giving birth. Then, by providing an informed consent form, women volunteering to participate in the project (39 people) were randomly assigned to the experimental (20 people) and control (19 people) groups. The experimental group attended ten 90-minute GCBT sessions. Three questionnaires (Attitude to Childbirth, Jones&rsquo; Irrational Beliefs, Afrooz Marital Satisfaction) were used to obtain the required data.&nbsp;<br> <span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Results: </strong></span>The study findings revealed that GCBT significantly affected inefficient beliefs and marital satisfaction in studied pregnant women with FoFC (P<0.001). Moreover, There was a significant difference between Pre-test and Post-test mean scores in terms of inefficient beliefs and marital satisfaction (P<0.001).<br> <span style="color:#2F4F4F;"><strong>Conclusion: </strong></span>GCBT was effective in inefficient beliefs and marital satisfaction; thus, this method is recommended to improve the relationship between pregnant women and their spouses during pregnancy.</div> Cognitive behavioral therapy, Inefficient beliefs, Marital satisfaction, Fear of childbirth 11 18 http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-353-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Barat Ali Ghavami براتعلی قوامی m.khakpour54@gmail.com 0872342281 100319475328460017296 Yes Department of Educational Sciences, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran. Bahram Ali Ghanbari Hashem Abad بهرامعلی قنبری هاشم آبادی m.khakpour54@gmail.com 0872342281 100319475328460017297 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Ferdowsi, Mashhad, Iran. Mohammad Reza Saffarian محمدرضا صفاریان m.khakpour54@gmail.com 0872342281 100319475328460017298 No Department of Educational Sciences, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran. Masoud Khakpour مسعود حاکپور m.khakpour54@gmail.com 0872342281 100319475328460017299 No Department of Psychology, Hakim Nezami Institute of Higher Education, Quchan, Iran.