Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Table of Contents - 01 December 2011 - Volume 21, Issue 02  

Articles

Analysis of the Effect of a Social Problem-Solving Program on the Aggression of Children

Zarife Seçera1 and Hülya Gülay Ogelmana2 c1

a1 Department Preschool Education, Faculty of Education, Selçuk University, Turkey.

a2 Department of Preschool Education, Faculty of Education, Pamukkale University, Turkey. hulya.gulay@gmail.com

Abstract

The aim of this research was to establish the effect of a social problem-solving training program for 8th grade students. In the experimental group, 14 students were 14 years old and 1 student was 15 years old. In the control group, 13 students were 14 years old and 2 students were 15 years old. The Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) was administered to the students. The students in the experimental group were trained in the Social Problem-Solving program at school. The students in the Social Problem-Solving Training Program had statistically significant lower scores on physical aggression, anger, hostility, indirect aggression and total aggression than the students who did not undertake the program.

Keywords

  • social problem-solving program;
  • social problem-solving training;
  • aggression;
  • social skills;
  • adolescence

Correspondence:

c1 Address for Correspondence: Assist. Prof. Hülya Gülay Ogelman, Pamukkale University Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool Education, Kinikli Campus/Denizli, Turkey.