Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) based anger management program among adolescents
Dejid Enkhbat1 Delgerjav Munkhnasan2* Tsogzolmaa Dashjamts3
* Corresponding Author: Delgerjav Munkhnasan
1,2 Department of Education and Psychology, National University of Mongolia, Mongolia
3 School of Social Science, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Mongolia
Digital Object Identifier:
https://doi.org/10.53468/mifyr.2022.02.03.01
Abstract – This study was conducted to test and determine the effectiveness of an Anger Management Program based on cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy among adolescents aged between 11 and 18 years old(M=14.4, SD=1.43). Nine hundred and eighty-one students (males 444, females 537) from secondary schools in Ulaanbaatar city and other provinces in Mongolia participated in this research, and State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 Child and Adolescent(STAXI-2 C/A) were utilized to measure the dependent variable. From the sample from Ulaanbaatar city, 40 students with above-average and high levels of anger indicators were selected and divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was further divided into 2 groups; Group 1(12-13 age) and Group 2 (14-16 years old). Each group received 8 sessions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) based on an Anger Management Program twice a week for 1 month. Based on the post-test and the follow-up test, the experimental group has demonstrated shown an increase in anger control and overall decrease in mean score in anger management difficulties. Also, parents, guardians, and teachers of the participants filled a questionnaire to evaluate the changes simultaneously with pre-test, post-test and followup test.
Keywords: Adolescents, Anger, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Anger Management.
Article History: Received 30 November 2022, Received in revised form 03 December 2022, Accepted 27 December 2022