The Effect of Anger Management Training on Aggression of Labor Children in Isfahan, 2017

Anger might spread from epileptic discomfort and resentment to full-scale anger. But it is quite a natural phenomenon and, like other emotions and excitements, is a sign of human emotions. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of anger management training on the rate of child labor aggression in the city of Isfahan. 

This study was a pre-test, post-test interventional with a group. The statistical population of this study includes Isfahan labor children at two social centers in 2017; through which, sixty children were selected by the available sampling method and completed Bass &Perry Aggression Questionnaire. After the implementation of the questionnaire, the experimental group was treated eight sessions of sixty minutes, one session per week, and the control group received no intervention. Data were analyzed using SPSS21 software and covariance analysis. 

The findings of this study showed that there is a significant difference between the mean scores of the experimental and control group in the post-test. In other words, anger management training reduced children’s aggression at the post-test stage. (P<0.001)

Based on the findings, it can be expressed that anger management training is one of the most important factors influencing the control of aggression among labor children. Hence, according to the results of the present study, it is offered that the use of anger management training, as one of the useful therapeutic training in reducing aggression, should be more considered.