The effectiveness of anger management and control training on mental health promotion of male students

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of anger management and control trainingon the mental health promotion of male high school students of Bandar Abbas. The statisticalpopulation of the study was all the male students in secondary high schools in Bandar Abbas. Theresearch sample consisted of 50 subjects (25 subjects in the control group and 25 in the test group)who were selected by purposive sampling (non-random) method and through matching andrandom replacement. Information gathering tool was Mental Health questionnaire GHQ-28 ofGoldenberg and Hiller (1979). In order to conduct the survey, a cognitive-behavioral approach withemphasis on child-adult relationship presents a multiple training model regarding angermanagement which has been compatible with Islamic-Iranian culture in the review level and is beendesigned in twelve 2-hour sessions. Results in this study showed that the approach of cognitivebehavioralapproach (anger management and control training) has a significant effect on mentalhealth (F value= 1811.60 at p <0.001). Therefore, the approach of cognitive-behavioral approach(anger management and control training) is proper in the improvement of students’ mental health.

Keywords:

Anger Management And Control Training , Mental Health , Male Students