Effectiveness of anger Control Measures on Reducing Anger among Adolescent Girls

Abstract

Anger related issues in adolescents are an important contributor to adolescent mortality and many negative developmental outcomes. Anger being the most primitive defense mechanism, determining its maladaptive nature is a complex phenomenon. Objectives - To assess the pre-test and post-test level of anger among adolescent girls, to determine the effectiveness of anger control measures in reducing anger level among adolescent girls, to find out the association between anger level with their selected demographic variables. One group pre-test &post-test design was chosen for this study among 30 adolescent girls through convenience sampling techniques in Guduvancherry. Spiel berger state trait anger inventory was used for data collection. In Anger control measure Interventions such as education on anger, problem-solving skill training, communication skill training, Group discussion & Relaxation techniques was done and post-test was conducted after 7 days. The major findings of the study were in the pre-test 3 adolescent girls (10%) possess mild anger level, 9 adolescent girls (13%) had moderate anger and 18 adolescent girls (60%) had severe anger level. In the post-test, nearly 9 adolescent girls (30%) possess mild anger level, 19 adolescent girls (6.3%) had moderate anger level and 2 adolescent girls (6.7%) had severe anger level.