Middle Eastern Journal of Disability Studies

Background & Objective: Because of the need to reduce aggressive from anger, Anger management programs are growing. This study aimed to determine the efficacy of anger control training on improving communication skills and anger control is delinquent girls.
Methods: This study is a type of quasi-experimental pre-test and post-test and control groups. The study sample consisted of all female offenders in Tehran in 1392, which were held in a juvenile institution they’re. Due to the limitation of the study population, all members selected by the census sampling method and randomly divided into two groups (n=30) and controls (n=30) placed. The experimental group received eight sessions of anger management technique, while the control group received no training. The measuring instrument of this research was the Spielberger Anger Inventory, and Data analyzed by ANCOVA.
Results: The result confirmed the hypothesis that training on anger management is an effective on anger management of delinquent girls (p<0.001).
Conclusion: The results of this study will help authorities correcting and training centers for anger control training in their programs to reduce anger criminals and thus are its potential adverse consequences.