Effect of anger management training on happiness and self-esteem in adolescent male students of middle school (Case study: schools of a military town)

The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of anger management training on Happiness and self-esteem in third year adolescent male students of middle school (Case study: schools of a military town)
In the quasi-experimental design¡ 36 cases of male students were selected by available sampling method and were divided into experimental and control groups. To determine the Happiness of the students¡ the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire was used To measure students'' self-confidence¡ self-confidence scale of Coper Smith was used. Anger management strategies were provided for the experimental group in 8 sessions of 60 minutes in 6 weeks. Analysis of covariance was used to analyze the test data.
Results showed that anger management training increases the level of happiness and self-esteem of students.
Anger management components as independent variables; increase the level of happiness and self-esteem of adolescent students. It indicates that by training the anger management¡ students'' psychological characteristics such as happiness and self-esteem can be improved.