Abstract:
To study the effect of group rational emotive behavior therapy on anger of adolescent students. The hypotheses were that (1) the posttest and follow-up test scores on Trait-Anger scale of the experimental group would be lower than the posttest and follow-up test scores of the control group (2) the posttest and follow-up test scores on Trait-Anger scale of the experimental group would be lower than its pretest scores (3) the posttest and follow-up test scores on Anger-Out scale of the experimental group would be lower than the posttest and follow-up test scores of the control group (4) the posttest and follow-up test scores on Anger-Out scale of the experimental group would be lower than its pretest scores (5) the posttest and follow-up test scores on Anger-Control scale of the experimental group would be higher than the posttest and follow-up test scores of the control group (6) the posttest and follow-up test scores on Anger-Control scale of the experimental group would be higher than its pretest scores. The research design was the pretest-posttest control group design. The sample was 16 students selected from the students who had reported behavior problem on the school records and scored higher than 75 percentile on Trait-Anger and Anger-Out scales and scored lower than 25 percentile on Anger-Control scale. They were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group, each group comprising 8 student. The experimental group participated in a group rational emotive behavior therapy program conducted by the researcher, for one and a half to two hours, once or twice a week, over a period of 7 consecutive weeks altogether for approximately 20 hours. The instrument used in this study was the experience and expression of Anger Scales developed from the spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory. The t-test was utilized for data analysis. The results indicated that: (1) The postest and follow-up test scores on the Trait-Anger scale of the experimental group were lower the postest and follow-up test scores of the control group at .05 level of significance. (2) The postest and follow-up test scores on the Trait-Anger scale of the experimental group were lower than its pretest scores at .05 level of significance. (3) The postest and follow-up test scores on the Anger-Out scale of the experimental group were lower than the postest and follow-up test scores of the cotrol group at .05 level of significance. (4) The postest and follow-up test scores on the Anger-Out scale of the experimental group were lower than its pretest scores at .05 level of significance. (5) The postest and follow-up test scores on the Anger-Control scale of the experimental group were higher than the postest and follow-up test scores of the control group at .05 level of significance. (6) The postest and follow-up test scores on the Anger-Control scale of the experimental group were higher than its pretest scores at .05 level of significance.