The effect of psychodrama on university students' anger management

Introduction: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of psychodrama on anger expression of university students. Materials and Methods: The study was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test and post-test control group having a target population of N=1554 students registered in the Ege University Nursing Faculty. The sample consisted of 21 students who met the criteria and volunteered for the study after announcements. The study was completed with 11 individuals in the practice group and 10 individuals in the control group. The participants were randomized according to their State-Trait subscale pre-test scores. Personal Information Form, The State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) and Group Feedback Form were used as data collection devices. The evaluations of data were done in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 21 program. Mann-Whitney U test was used for statistical measurement. Findings: Twelve sessions of anger-themed psychodrama group was applied to the practice group. On the post-application measures; when pre-test and post-test score averages for each trait anger, anger in, anger control, anger out subscales were compared, statistically no significant difference was found (p>0.05). Results: According to the results of the study, it was determined that the twelve- sessions of anger-based psychodrama group conducted with nursing student had an impact on anger expressions of individuals but compared with the control group this difference was not statistically significant. The results of the study were evaluated in the scope of literature and their limitations were indicated. Key words: University Students; Nursing Students; Anger; Anger Expression; Psychodrama