The purpose of this study was to develop Anger-Control Program of adolescents and explore the possibility of its application.
This program aimed at strengthening the ability to control anger by teaching how to establish a sound relationship with ones...
The purpose of this study was to develop Anger-Control Program of adolescents and explore the possibility of its application.
This program aimed at strengthening the ability to control anger by teaching how to establish a sound relationship with oneself as well as with others, and a survey was conducted on the middle school students of the first stage of adolescence. In this program, the integrative program of cognition, emotion, and behavior, 103 male and female students were selected and 5 leaders carried out it twice a week(male: monday`thursday, female: tuesday`friday) for 6 weeks.
In the collected data, means and standard deviations of pre- and post-test of all variables(irrational belief, aggressiveness, impulsivity, anger, self-esteem, trait-state anger) were calculated, and the effect of this program were determined by paired t-test method using SPSS/PC. Also, to check the participant's attitudes and satisfaction toward this program, questionnaires were carried out each session and the results were as follows.
In the adolescents participating in this program, statistically significant reductions were showed in irrational belief, anger, and trait anger scale, and participant's reponses toward this program through questionnaires also were reported positively. But, significant effects were not found in aggressiveness, impulsivity, and state anger.
Finally, the restrictions of this study and directions of future studies were discussed.