The comparison of the effect of anger management training and the empathy training on female student's aggression

This study carried out with the aim of comparison of anger management training and the empathy training on the aggressiveness of the female students of Islamabad Gharb.
The research method was quasi experimental and administered by pretest, posttest design with control group. The statistical population consisted of all female students of guidance schools in Islamabad Gharb that among them 60 subjects were select through cluster sampling method and using simple random method were assign into two equal experimental groups and control groups. To gather the data the aggressiveness questionnaire (AGQ) by Buss and Perry and clinical interview were use. For experimental groups, empathy and anger management training in 8 sessions of 70 minutes administered, while the control groups did not receive any intervention. The gathered data were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).
The result of the analysis of variance showed that the training of empathy skill (P=0/001, F=157/32) and anger management (P=0/001, F=21/95) as compared with control groups were effective in reducing the aggressiveness of the female student's aggression. In addition, the result of the LSD follow up test showed that the decrease in dependent variable in compared to the control group was significant in the experimental groups (P = 0.001), but the difference in the effect of the experimental groups was not significant. Therefore, the efficacy of empathy skills training and anger management were mention to Education experts.