Effectiveness of Anger Management Based on Cognitive-Behavioral Approach on The Narcissism And Bullying in Bullying Student

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1 PhD Student of psychology, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Yasouj Branch, Yasouj, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Yasouj Branch, Yasouj, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Yasouj Branch, Yasouj, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Bullying causes a lot of psychological, emotional and communication damage to students. Accordingly the present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of Anger management based on cognitive-behavioral approach on the narcissism and bullying in bullying student.
Methods: It was a quasi-experimental method with pretest, posttest and control group design. The statistical population included bullying students studying in the first high school in the town of Saman, Charhar Mahal-va-Bakhtiari province in the year 2018-19. 40 bullying students were selected through purposeful sampling method and they were randomly accommodated into experimental and control groups (each group of 20 students). The students in the experimental group underwent eight ninety-minute sessions of Anger management based on cognitive-behavioral approach. Illinois bullying scale and narcissism scale were used in the current study. The data from the study were analyzed through repeated measurement ANOVA via SPSS23 software.
Results:  The results showed that Anger management based on cognitive-behavioral approach has had significant effect on the narcissism (p<0.001) and bullying (p<0.001). The effect size showed that 67% and 72% of the variance of narcissism and bullying variables were explained by the present intervention, respectively.
Conclusion: The findings of the present study revealed that training anger management can be applied as an efficient method to decrease narcissism and bullying in bullying students according to the cognitive-behavioral approach and with the focus on anger management skills, practical techniques of anger management and cognitive self-teaching.

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Volume 64, Issue 3
September and October 2021
Pages 3453-3462

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