بررسي اثربخشي آموزش گروهي مهار خشم به شيوه عقلاني -رفتاري -عاطفي بر كاهش پرخاشگري

A STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GROUP TRAININGS IN ANGER MANAGEMENT IN A RATIONAL EMOTIONAL BEHAVIORAL STYLE

The purpose of this study was to investigate the efectiveness of REBT anger management group training in reducing aggressive behaviors of high school students. Twenty four high school students who had high marks in the aggressive questionnaire, were selected randomly. Then they were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received ten sessions of REBT anger management training. The hypotheses were: 1. Aggressive behavior tends to decrease using REBT anger management group training. 2. There is a relationship between students demographic features and their aggressive behaviors. t-test and MANOVA. The results of t-test and MANOVA indicate that REBT anger management group training significantly decrease aggressive behaviors of high school students (p<0/001). The second hypothesis was not confirmed.