INVESTIGATING THE EFFECT OF ANGER CONTROL TRAINING ON AGGRESSION IN CHILDREN AGED 7 TO 18 YEARS IN SEPEHR CHARITY FOUNDATION

Abstract

Aggression sets the stage for a variety of physical and psychological traumas among children. Therefore,
considering the importance of the subject, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of anger
management training on aggression in the children of Sepehr Charity Foundation. The present study is
applied in terms of purpose and in terms of methodology is a descriptive-analytical research and is a quasiexperimental study. The statistical population of the research is children of 7 to 18 years old Sepehr Charity.
In order to sample by random sampling method were selected 70 children and an aggression questionnaire
(including components of behavior, attitude and aggressive feelings) was administered to them. Then 30
people who scored higher than average (mean = 25) were randomly divided into two groups of 15 people
were included experiments and controls. The experimental group underwent anger management training in
10 sessions of 60 minutes. The control group did not receive any intervention. Data were analyzed using
descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of this research indicate that anger management training has
a significant effect on reducing aggression and anger management training method can increase the ability to
control and prevent anger on the one hand and improve the moral reasoning ability of Sepehr Charity
children on the other hand. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to anger management trainings
among children.