The Effectiveness of Anger Management Technique Training on Suicidal Thoughts and Self-Consciousness of Male Addicts

One of the most important ways to prevent suicidal ideation is to train self-awareness skills and anger control. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of training anger control skill on suicidal thoughts and self-awareness of male addicts. A quasi-experimental study was conducted on 40 patients treated with methadone treatment centers in Bojnourd, who were randomly divided into two groups of experimental and control groups. Our intervention was the implementation of ten weekly 90-minute sessions based on a behavioral approach and emphasized the active learning method of anger control skill. The control group received routine treatment. The Beck’s suicidal thoughts standard questionnaire (1981) and Fengstin’s and Shirobas self-awareness standard questionnaire (1975) were used. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation ...) and covariance analysis using SPSS16 software based on  %95 confidence interval. The variables affecting the two groups (age, education, commencement of drug use, smoking, etc.) were similar. Analysis of covariance showed that after moderating the pre-test mean, there was no significant difference between the performances of the two groups before the intervention, but there was a significant increase in the difference between the two groups after the intervention. The results of this study showed that training anger control skill on suicidal ideation is effective and can lead to changes in the consciousness of addicts. In other words, training anger control skill on reducing suicidal thoughts and increasing self-awareness of male addicts has had a positive and significant effect.