Anger Management in Managing Tendencies of Aggressive Behavior in Adolescents

Aggression is behavior with the intention of hurting others. Aggressive behavior in adolescents is an action that is done intentionally to another individual resulting in physical and psychological pain. This study aims to examine one of the techniques to reduce aggression, namely anger management. This research method uses a quasi-experimental design without a control group. The unit of analysis is the tendency of aggressive behavior in adolescents while the respondents are 144 vocational high school students in Bogor. Data collection uses an inventory from Cochran. Before the treatment, all participants were given a pre-test using the Anger Inventory . Respondents were then given training on anger management for 5 (five) times, namely 1) Grow flower Teenagers 2) Management of violent behavior 3) Assertive behavior 4) Stress management and 5) Relaxation techniques.