Abstract
Anger is a natural excitement that we experience it in our life, but when it occurs many times and the approach of expressing it is not appropriate, it would leads to a destroying sense and makes unpleasant consequences for person and others. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of anger instruction in behavioral- cognitive approach on improvement of marital life quality. The sample of this semi-experimental research was 30 couples among those couples who referred to Ilam province consultation center in 2015. They were put in two groups of test group (15 couples) and control group (15 couples) randomly. Anger control instruction in behavioral- cognitive approach was set in 8 sessions, 90 minutes and given to test group. The research hypothesis was that anger control instruction in behavioral- cognitive is effective on marital life quality. In order to data analysis one way co-valiance was used. Anger control instruction in behavioral- cognitive approach reduce the marital aggression (P=0.001). This study approves the role and effect of anger control instruction in behavioral cognitive approach on improvement of marital life quality. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n4S2p26
Highlights
Anger and aggression are worldwide excitements that have seen in all cultures and are one of the popular behavioral problems that results in others' worry and distraction, destroys society's psychological health; It is difficult to present an exact definition of aggression, because in conventional language this term is applied in various ways (Mahmoodabadi Namazi, 1999)
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of anger instruction in behavioral- cognitive approach on improvement of marital life quality
Fincham believes that anger results in unhealthy behaviors and accompanies with psychosocial characteristics related to vulnerability (Fincham, 1999)
Summary
Anger and aggression are worldwide excitements that have seen in all cultures and are one of the popular behavioral problems that results in others' worry and distraction, destroys society's psychological health; It is difficult to present an exact definition of aggression, because in conventional language this term is applied in various ways (Mahmoodabadi Namazi, 1999). Hostility and aggression are defined as excitement, attitude and behavior, respectively. Anger is defined as a type of emotional state that can be a base for aggression and hostility. Hostility is referred to an aggressive attitude which leads a person to aggressive behaviors, while aggression is defined as visible behavior by intention to make damage (Del Vecchio & O’leary, 2009). Spielberger believes that anger is an emotional state by various intensities which likes other emotions accompanies with biological and physical changes. Fincham believes that anger results in unhealthy behaviors and accompanies with psychosocial characteristics related to vulnerability (such as intense and repetitive conflicts) (Fincham, 1999)
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