The Effectiveness of Aggression Control Skill Training in Male Students’ Aggression

Abstract

The present research aimed to determine the effectiveness of aggression control skill training in male students’ aggression studying in the art schools located in the 4th borough of Tehran in the school year ran from 2014 to 2015. The research employed semi-experimental method with pretest, posttest and control group design. First, one art school was randomly selected from among the art schools located in the 4th borough of Tehran and its students filled out the aggression questionnaire. Then, the individuals who rated higher than average were diagnosed, out of which 50 individuals were randomly selected and assigned into the experimental (N=25) and control groups (N=25). Aggression questionnaire by Buss and Perry (1992) including twenty nine items and scored on 5-point Likert scale with four subscales of physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility was used as the research tool. The independent variable (anger control skill training) was administered for fourteen 90-minute sessions and responded to the aggression questionnaire in the post-test. Data were investigated using between-group covariance analysis. Results indicated that, aggression control skill training was effective in the decrease of students’ aggression.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s6p109