The effect of self-awareness-based counseling on anger control in emergency medical personnel

Aim: This study aimed to address the effect of self-awareness-based counseling on anger control among emergency medical personnel in Rafsanjan in 2021.Methods: We used convenience sampling to conduct this quasi-experimental study on 80 emergency medical personnel in Rafsanjan in 2021, with a pretest-posttest control group design. We randomly divided eligible participants into intervention (N=40) and control groups (N=40). The intervention group received group discussion, lecture, and question-and-answer strategy to learn self-awareness skills. We used Skyroom to hold two 4.5-hour sessions. Participants completed demographic and background information questionnaire and Spielberger’s State-2 | P a g eTrait Anger Expression Inventory 2 (STAXI-2) before and after the intervention. We used SPSS22 to analyze data.Results: The study results suggested a significant difference in the mean total score of anger between the intervention and control groups after the intervention (P<0.001). The results also indicated a statistically significant difference in the mean scores of the state anger, the trait anger, and anger control and expression between the intervention and control groups after the intervention (P<0.001). Emergency medical personnel in the intervention group reduced anger and its subscales more than the control group.Conclusions: According to the results of this study, it had a positive effect. Health managers and planners should hold self-awareness workshops to help healthcare workers, especially emergency personnel, manage and control their anger.

The effect of self-awareness-based counseling on anger control in emergency medical personnel Keywords:

counseling , self-awareness , anger , medical emergency