This study was conducted to investigate the effects of an anger management program using
movies and ordinary anger management program on the mothers\' level of anger and
child-rearing stress.
The participants were 21 mothers who fell within the top 35% in the score of an Novaco
Anger scale among the 238 mothers. Out of 21 mothers, seven were assigned to the
experimental group Ⅰ(an anger management program using movies ), seven in the experimental
group Ⅱ(ordinary anger management program) and seven in the control group(no treatment
group). The experimental group Ⅰ received eight sessions(120 minutes per session) of an anger
management program using movies. The experimental group Ⅱ received eight sessions(120
minutes per session) of ordinary anger management program. No treatment was given to the
control group. In order to measure the effects of the study Novaco Anger Scale, Parenting
Stress Index(PSI) was administered.
The results are as follows: First, anger management program groups\' anger level and
parent\'s child-rearing stress level significantly decreased compared with that of the control
group. Second, there was no significant difference between the anger management program
using movies group and the ordinary anger management program group. According to the result
of this study, the anger management program would be effective in reducing anger level and
parents\' child-rearing stress.
Key Words : child rearing Stress, anger control program, group counseling using cinema