The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a positive psychology program on anger, self-acceptance, forgiveness and subjective well-being of at-risk youth. To achieve that purpose the following research questions were established;
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The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a positive psychology program on anger, self-acceptance, forgiveness and subjective well-being of at-risk youth. To achieve that purpose the following research questions were established;
First, is there any difference in the effect of anger control between a positive psychology program and an anger management program based on rational emotive behavior therapy?
Second, is there any difference in the effect of self-acceptance between a positive psychology program and an anger management program based on rational emotive behavior therapy?
Third, is there any difference in the effect of forgiveness between a positive psychology program and an anger management program based on rational emotive behavior therapy?
Fourth, is there any difference in the effect of subjective well-being between a positive psychology program and an anger management program based on rational emotive behavior therapy?
Thirty students from high schools participated in an experiment which was conducted at the youth support center in G-gun. Students were allocated randomly to one of an experimental, a comparative, or a control groups. Each group had 10 students. Students in the experimental group took an positive psychology program and students at the comparative group took a anger management program based on rational emotive behavior therapy Both the comparative and experimental groups repeated their respective program 8 times. Student in the control group did not take any program.
Before and after the program, students responded on a State and Trait Anger Expression Inventory Korea (STAXI-K), an Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire, the Enright Forgiveness Inventory, the Positive and Negative Affect Scale, and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. Analysis of Covariance using the pre-test score as a co-variance wasp used to analyze data.
Results were as follows;
First, the positive psychology program is much more effective on at-risk youth to control their anger than the anger management program based on rational emotive behavior therapy.
Second, there is no differential effect in the unconditional self-acceptance of at-risk youth between the positive psychology program and the anger management program based on rational emotive behavior therapy.
Third, there is no differential effect in the forgiveness of at-risk youth between the positive psychology program and the anger management program based on rational emotive behavior therapy.
Finally, the positive psychology program is much more effective on the subjective well-being of at-risk youth than the anger management program based on rational emotive behavior therapy.