The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on anger management

The aim of this study was to investigate the efficiency of cognitive-behavioral group therapy on anger management. The study is quasi-experimental with pre-test and post-test in experimental and control groups. Population of study consisted of all secondary school students in the academic year 1394 in Qom. Spielberger State-Trait Anger Scale implemented on 148 students who were randomly selected. Then twenty students were selected from among those who had the highest score. Among them, 10 patients were in the experimental group and 10 patients were in the control group. Group therapy on anger management was administered for 11 sessions in the experimental group, then Anger Scale implemented from both the experimental and control group. Data were analyzed by “t-test”.The mean of pre-test and post-test in experimental group decreased on three subscales of general anger, expressing internal and external anger and expressing anger and The mean of post-test had significant increase in scale control anger. There was no significant difference between the pretest and post-test in the control group. Also there was a significant variance between the experimental group and the control group.The results showed that cognitive-behavioral group therapy on anger management of high school students is effective in controlling anger. The results will help official’s secondary schools with their plans to reduce anger, anger management training, resulting in horrible consequences are students.