ERIC Number: EJ1089180
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 10
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Development and Evaluation of a Short Anger Management Group for Special Education Teachers in Greece: A Preliminary Study
Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P.; Brouzos, Andreas; Moberly, Nicholas J.; Tsiligiannis, Georgia
International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, v3 n2 p107-116 2015
This study investigated the efficacy of a psychoeducational group for Greek special education teachers, all but one of whom reported experiencing anger in class. An anger management program was designed, which included a short, four-session package to be given within two weeks. The results of a pretest-posttest comparison revealed reductions in participant-reported indicators of trait anger and hostile interpretations in the anger management group (n = 20) compared to a control sample of teachers not receiving the intervention (n = 24). Mediational analyses also showed that change in hostile attributions mediated change in emotions. These results suggested that the intervention was effective, despite being brief.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychoeducational Methods, Special Education Teachers, Psychological Patterns, Self Control, Faculty Development, Pretests Posttests, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Program Effectiveness, Cognitive Restructuring, Behavior Modification, Public School Teachers, Special Schools, Anxiety, Intervention, Statistical Analysis, Multivariate Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: State Trait Anxiety Inventory
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