The Effect of Emotion Regulation Skills Psychoeducation Program on Emotion Regulation Difficulties and Reactive-Proactive Aggressions of Adolescents

Abstract

This study was carried out to examine the effect of emotion regulation skills psycho-education program on emotion regulation difficulties and reactive-proactive aggression of adolescents. The research group of this study, which was formed by using a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest, experimental and control groups, consisted of 22 high school students, 11 of whom were in experimental group and 11 students were in control group. The study was completed as 9 people in the experimental group and 11 people in the control group. Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, Reactive-Proactive Aggression Scale and “Personal Information Form” prepared by the researchers were used as data collection tools. Nine-week psycho-education program prepared by the researcher was applied to the experimental group once a week. No action was taken in the control group. According to the results, it was observed that after the intervention, the difficulty of emotion regulation and reactive aggression scores of the individuals in the experimental group differed significantly from the control group. In addition, it was determined that the effect of the training program continued after two months according to the results of the follow-up test.