The Effectiveness of teaching Emotion Regulation based on dialectical behavioral therapy on Reduce students' anxiety and anger

Background & aim: During school, students experience many emotional and emotional changes at the same time as physical and cognitive changes, including anxiety and anger, which can affect interpersonal relationships and be destructive if they are out of control. Because for children and adolescents, emotion regulation training is a key point forgotten in parenting education. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of emotion regulation therapy training based on dialectical behavioral therapy on reduce  anxiety and anger students. Methods: The present study was a quasi-experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of the present study was all female high school students in Lande, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Provinces in the academic year 2017-2018. Among them, 36 people were selected according to the conditions of entering the research by the available sampling method and were randomly selected in two experimental groups (18) and control (18). The Beck Anxiety Questionnaire (1990) and the Novako Anger Scale (1986) were used to gather information in two stages, pre-test and post-test. Dialectical Emotion-Based Emotional Behavioral Training Therapy session was performed for nine 90-minute sessions per week for the experimental group, but the control group did not receive this training. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of covariance and SPSS-24 statistical software. Results: The results of data analysis showed that emotion regulation therapy based on dialectical behavioral therapy was effective in reducing anxiety (F=14.077; P <0.001) and anger (F=7.422; P <0.004); This means that in the post-test, the mean score of anxiety (M=23.10; SD=4.57) and anger (M=38.06; SD=1.33) decreased significantly in the experimental group compared to the control group. Conclusion: Based on the findings of the present study, it can be said that teaching emotion regulation based on dialectical behavioral therapy leads to reduction of students 'anxiety and anger, and this treatment method can be used to prevent and reduce students' anxiety and anger.