Impact of Group Counseling in Reducing Symptoms of Anger Among Children of Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Abstract

This study sought to explore the impact of a group counseling program in reducing symptoms of anger in children of Syrian refugees living in Al-Rusaifa city- Zarqa Governorate in Jordan. In this study, 32 girl students with ages ranged between (10-13 years), were randomly assigned either to the intervention group (n=16) that received the 14 sessions of anger management skills training, or to control group (n=16) that did not receive any training. Results of pretest to posttest differences for the experimental and control groups on the anger scale revealed that the treatment group compared to control group, was significantly (α = 0.05) more likely to have lower levels of anger and its six sub-scales (Anger stimulus; emotions accompanied with anger; psychosomatic symptoms; self-anger; external anger; and anger intensity). Moreover, results of paired sample t-test, of posttest to follow-up differences for the experimental group on the study scale, indicated that there were no significant differences between post to follow-up tests scores on the anger scale and its  subscales