A comparative study of the impact of emotional focused therapy and stress inoculation training on reduction of anger in delinquent adolescents

In this research, the effect of two approaches of Emotional Focus Therapy (EFT) and Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) on decrease of anger in the delinquent adolescent boys in Tehran was studied and reviewed. This research is quasi-experimental and Unequal control group plan was used. The statistical universe of research consisted all delinquent young boys who were kept at Tehran Reformatory House of Correction in 2008. For this reason Spilberger Anger Questionnaire (STAXI-2) was used and their anger quantitywas measured. By available sampling, 30 delinquents young boys who obtained high score in Anger Questionnaire were selected and classified in 10-people three groups, two experimental groups and a control group by lottery. 10 sessions of group counseling with the method of Emotional Focus Therapy on the members of experimental group and 10 sessions of group counseling with the method of Stress Inoculation Training on members of other experimental groups was executed for 1.5 to 2 hrs. There was no interference with control group. In order to analyze the data, statistical method of covariance analysis and block variance analysis was used. The results of research shows that group counseling with the methods (SIT, EFT) influences on decrease of total index of the anger (AX) of the delinquent adolescent boys (F = 15.146, P < 0.01). This result was observed about anger control in (F = 6.672, P < 0.01) and anger control out (F = 3.912, P < 0.05). At the same there was meaningless difference between effect of emotional focused therapy approach and stress Inoculation Training on these scales (P > 0.05) of the anger.