The Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Based on Mindfulness on Anger Control of Male Students

Anger in children and adolescents is one of the most common and destructive excitement that causes various cognitive and behavioral problems in them and is a threat to the mental health of children and adolescents. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy based on mindfulness on anger control of male students. This semi-experimental study was conducted with pre-test, post-test and control group design. The sample consisted of 30 students aged 10-14 years old in Charbahar city in the academic year of 2017-2018, who had higher scores in the Spielberger state-trait anger expression inventory (1999). They were selected by convenient sampling method and randomly assigned into two experimental and control groups (15 students in each group). The experimental group received 90 minutes of instructional cognitive-behavioral therapy based on anger management, and the control group did not receive any training at that time. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. The results of this study showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy based on anger management has a significant effect on the components of anger control; that is, the mean scores of the experimental group in the post-test were significantly reduced compared to the control group (P<0.001). Based on the results obtained, it can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral therapy based on mind-fullness due to the special emphasis on experiencing and direct discharge of excitements can inhibit the components of anger.