*서울대학교병원, †서울대학교 간호대학, ‡을지대학교 간호대학
*Seoul National University Hospital, †College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, ‡Eulji University, College of Nursing, Daejeon, Korea
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of anger management programs based on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in psychiatric inpatients. This study used a nonequivalent control group, non-synchronized, and quasi?experimental design. 31 subjects were recruited. The experimental group (n=16) received 5 sessions of 2 week program. The control group (n=15) could receive the same program as the experimental group after completion of the first- and 14th-day questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows. Compared with the control group, patients on treatment showed significant reduction in scores of anger-out (U=19.50, p<.001), and anger-expression (U=40.50, p=.001). This present trial results demonstrate that anger management programs significantly reduced anger-out and anger-expression. These results can suggest that anger management programs contribute to controlling anger-expression of psychiatric inpatients. (Korean J Str Res 2014;22:159∼167)