The Effectiveness of Emotional Self- Control Training in Reducing the Physical Aggression of Payame Noor University Students

Subject Areas : Educational Psychology

Taher Mahboobi ¹ , seyed bahaadin karimi ² , Hossin Zaea ³

1 - Bookan
2 - دانشگاه تبریز
3 - Tehran

Received: 2016-12-11 Accepted : 2017-08-30 Published : 2018-05-22

Keywords: Physical aggression, Emotional self- control training,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional self-control training in reducing physical aggression of Payame Noor University Students in Bukan, West Azerbaijan. To this end, 40 participants were randomly selected as the sample of the study. The current study followed a quasi-experimental design involving pre-test and post-test with control group. The instrument of the study was Aggression Questionnaire (William, 1996). The participants were randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group, each consisting of 20. The experimental group received 10 emotional self-control training sessions (each 60 min) during 5 consecutive weeks, while the control group did not. Data analysis with descriptive statistics and inferential statistics was performed using SPSS software. The results of Analysis of Covariance Test (p<0.05) for the dependent group, to determinate the effect of Emotional self- control training, showed that applying this program was as an effective intervention (F= 38/317 & Eta= 0/509) in reducing physical aggression.

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