Effects of an Anger Management Training on Anger Self-Regulation Skills among High School Boys

To determine the effects of an anger management training program on anger self-regulation skills in a sample of high school boys، one school was selected randomly in Tehran. In this school، all 170 students who were in their second and third year of high school (freshmen and sophomores) answered the State Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 as a screening instrument. Subjects، who scored at the 75th percentile and higher، according to the AX-Index، were expected to have anger-management problems and were at high risk to produce serious negative consequences. Therefore، they were defined as the target group. From this very same group، 32 students were randomly selected and randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Consequently، sixteen participants took part in the anger management program. In the third step، pre-intervention data by using STAXI-2 was gathered from all subjects. In the later step، a fourteen-week (14 sessions and each session Lasted 90 minutes) anger management program was administered for the experimental group while members of the control group complited the routine program. After treatment، post-test or post-intervention evaluation for both groups were carried out. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and t-test for independent groups used determine whether there were statistically significant differences between measures corresponding experimental and control groups. The findings of present research indicate that anger management training has a positive effect on anger self-regulation skills of participants.