چکیده (انگلیسی):

ABSTRACT: Anger is a sign that evokes aggressive behavior. Aggression can cause emotional, psychological or
physical damage to others. This research aimed to determine the effect of anger management skills training on
aggression, social adjustment, and mental health of students. This research is a pretest-posttest control group
experimental study. The sample of this study was a group of 40 students, who had high aggression scores. The
sample, was randomly divided and assigned to an experimental and a control group. The experimental group
received the anger management skills training program in eight sessions, two sessions a week, each session 90
minutes. During this period, the control group received no intervention. Pretest and posttest measures were
acquired in aggression, social adjustment, and mental health for both groups. Results showed significant
differences between two groups in all measures. Compared with the control group, experimental group’s
aggression was decreased and their social skills, social adjustment, and mental health were improved. Research
findings showed that college students training in anger management skills, improves their social adjustment, social
skills, and mental health. All these improvements are attributable to reductions in their aggressive behaviors due to
educations.