This study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral education in reducing social and competitive anxiety of female students. This is an applied research in terms of purpose and a quasi-experimental with pre-test/post-test design and control group in terms of methodology. The statistical population included all female high school students in District 7 of Mashhad who were studying in 2013-2014. The sample included 30 available volunteers; 15 students were randomly assigned to the experimental group and 15 students to the control group. Data was collected by SCAT Competitive Anxiety Questionnaire and the Watson and Friend Social Anxiety Scale, which were completed by the participants in the experimental and control groups in two pretest and posttest sessions. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, etc.) and inferential statistics (analysis of covariance) via SPSS. Moreover, the number of children in the family, birth order, place of birth, and parents’ education level and occupation were studied for the groups. The results showed that cognitive-behavioral education reduces social anxiety (F = 0.352, P<0.5) and competitive anxiety (F = 8.4, P<0.05) of the participants.
