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Abstract enThe purpose of this experimental study was to examine the effectiveness of an anger management programme based on cognitive-behavioral techniques on the aggression levels of adolescents. Participants in this study attended Nezihe Yalvaç Anatolian Hotel and Tourism Vocational High School located in Adana. There were 30 high school students with high aggression levels in the experimental and control groups. First group had 15 (8 girls, 7 boys), second group had 15 high school students (8 girls, 7 boys). Dependent variable was measured with the Aggression Scale. The Scale comprised 34 items. The study followed a split model that was experimental-control by pretest-posttest and following test. For 10 weeks, one session per week, 90 minutes, anger management program was applied to the experimental group. No treatment was applied to the control group. The scale was given to the experiment and the control groups as pretest. After the treatment to the experimental group a posttestwas given to bothh the experimental and control groups and a follow-up measurement was conducted 12 weeks after the treatment. Analysis of data was carried out with repeated measurement ANOVA and t-tests. It was revealed that treatment group has less aggression scores than control group and this difference even continued after the 12 week period

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