Nootkana Naipinit. The development of an anger management program at the Ubekha Training School, Bangkok, Thailand . Master's Degree(Clinical Psychology). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2004.
The development of an anger management program at the Ubekha Training School, Bangkok, Thailand
Abstract:
This was quasi-experimental research to produce, develop and analyze an
anger management program by comparison of scores in anger, anger-out, angercontrol
and self-esteem of youths who resided in Ubekha training school, Bangkok.
The total number of subjects was 24 people. They were randomly divided into an
experimental and control group, each group consisted of 12 youths. The experimental
group attended 10 sessions of an anger management program while the control group
received an anger management handbook. The tests used included An Anger and
Anger Expression Inventory and A Self-Esteem Inventory. Data collection was done
before, after and at a follow-up time. Mean, standard deviation and comparison a
mean difference by t-test were used for data analysis.
The results showed that after participating in the program and follow-up time,
the experimental group gained lower scores in anger and anger-out than the control
group, but no significant increase for anger-control and self-esteem scores was
recorded.. After participating in the program, the experimental group showed a
significant decrease in scores of anger and anger-out and increase in scores of angercontrol
and self-esteem compared with before participation in the program.
Recommendations for further research: the skills of the program should be
taught to all training school officials. Expansion of the self-esteem topic and extension
of the follow-up time to more than 1 month should be considered. A comparison
between boys and girls should also be considered, and this will help the study cover
all potential results.