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A comprehensive study of suicidal attempt motives in different age groups is a significant factor in the development of preventive measures and effective treatment approaches. This study aims to investigate the lived experience of suicidal attempts in 12-18-year-old female students in Khomeini Shahr city.

This was a qualitative and phenomenological study that targeted the 12-18-year-old girls with a history of suicide in 2018, according to the information of Khomeini Shahr Health Center. They were 30 people, 17 of whom were selected based on the saturation limit. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview. The seven-step Klaizi method was used to analyze data.

562 codes, 73 concepts, and 12 categories in three core titles of infertile individuality (psychological stress, personal failure, maturity process tensions, and religious rupture), structural pressure (generation gap, need for attention, lifestyle, and economic pressure), and social exclusion (loss of social capital, social pressure, virtual pressure, and weakness in communication skills) were obtained.

It is concluded that adolescence is the period of identification with peers, parents, and educational systems, especially with teachers and cyberspace. Therefore, experts should consider the requirements in order to increase awareness of families, schools, and the legislative system for monitoring cyberspace and increasing media literacy. In this way, the basic principles in the prevention of adolescent suicide should be compiled, and the underlying factors should be eliminated or adjusted.

Anger and aggression are found in all cultures and are the most common kind of behavioral problems, which cause discomfort and distress in others; thus, they disrupt the mental health of the community. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of anger management training on the reduction of aggression and cortisol levels in aggressive male adolescents in Najaf Abad city in 2018.

The research method was semi-experimental with pre-test and post-test in two control and experimental groups. The subjects consisted of 30 high school male students in Najaf Abad who had a high score in the Spielberger anger inventory. They were randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (n=15 in each group). First, cortisol levels were tested in each group, and then eight sessions of training in anger management skills were held for the experimental group. After completing the training sessions, both groups were tested and completed the Spielberger anger inventory again. Univariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data.

The results showed that there was a significant difference between the post-test mean scores of two experimental and control groups, and anger management training was effective on the reduction of cortisol and aggression level in the experimental group at the significant level of p<0.05.

Anger management training can be considered as a supportive and effective tool for reducing aggression and used for aggressive adolescents in particular.