Abstract
This article describes research on the effects of an anger control training (ACT) program conducted in a group home for adolescents in state custody for unruly and delinquent behavior. Comparisons were made between changes in antisocial behavior shown by adolescents who went through ACT and those shown by (a) a random sample of comparable adolescents in state custody and (b) adolescents in a comparison group home. Results suggest that adolescents who received ACT showed greater improvement in overcoming antisocial behavior than did adoles cents in either comparison group and that greater improvements were associated with longer involvement in ACT. Time-series data on rate of acting out incidents per week per client over a period of 61 weeks also were analyzed. Results suggest that statistically reliable improvements in rate of antisocial behavior began with the start of ACT and then began to deteriorate after an unplanned cessation of the ACT program.
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