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The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of "spiritual-religious group therapy" on the school-related stress of tenth grade female students in Karaj city. The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and control group design. The research population included high school female students of the 10th grade in Karaj city in the academic year 2017-2018, 40 of whom were selected as research sample using the multi-stage cluster sampling method with random assignment. The 40 participants were assigned to experimental (20) and control (20) groups. Ang and Hwan’s Academic Stress Questionnaire (2006) was used as research instrument. 12 sessions of "spiritual-religious group therapy" were implemented for the experimental group, and the control group did not receive any intervention. After the completion of the treatment sessions, the post-test was given again to both groups, and finally, data analysis was done using the covariance analysis method. The findings of the research showed that "spiritual-religious group therapy" reduces the school-related stress of students.