The Comparison of Effectiveness of Group Training Anger Management and Psycho-Social Empowerment on Prosocial Behaviors and Social Adjustment of Girl High School Students in Tehran City

Habibeh Khatoon  Ghobadi Asfarjani; Tayebeh  Sharifi; Ahmad  Ghazanfari; Maryam  Chorami

doi:10.18502/qjcr.v21i84.12109

Habibeh Khatoon Ghobadi Asfarjani PhD in Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran.
Tayebeh Sharifi Corresponding Author, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
Ahmad Ghazanfari Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran.
Maryam Chorami Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/qjcr.v21i84.12109

Keywords: group training anger management, group training psycho-social empowerment, prosocial behaviors and social adjustment

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study was to comparison of effectiveness of group training anger management and psycho-social empowerment on prosocial behaviors and social adjustment of girl high school students in Tehran city.

Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted with a pretest-posttest design with control group and follow-up after two months. The statistical population of this study included all the high school girl students Tehran city to 125110 people were in year academic 2020-2021 and 90 girl students by random sampling were considered as the sample size in two experimental groups (each group of 30 girl students) and control (30 girl students). The experimental groups underwent group training anger management (12 sessions 90 minutes) and psycho-social empowerment (12 sessions 90 minutes), but the control group received no training and remained in the waiting list. To collect data prosocial personality questionnaire (PPQ) of Penner (2002) and adjustment inventory for school students (AISS) of Sinha and Singh (1993). Data analysis was performed using SPSS-24 software in two sections: descriptive and inferential (analysis of variance with repeated measures and Bonferroni).

Findings:The results of the study showed that both types of treatment in post-test and follow up had a significant effect on prosocial behaviors and social adjustment of girl high school students (P<0.05). Also, group training anger management had stronger effects in improvement of aggression and social self-efficacy (P<0.05).

Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, it can be said that group training anger management and psycho-social empowerment can be used as a treatment to improvement of prosocial behaviors and social adjustment of girl high school students in Tehran city in counseling centers and psychological services.