The effects of the conflict resolution education "We Can Resolve Our Conflicts": Western Thrace elementary school sample

The main purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of "we can resolve our conflicts'" training program on the sample of Western Thrace Minority elementary school students. The program consists of 21 sessions. Mood labeling, reading emotional expressions and active listening activities are used. Anger management and cooperative conflict resolution skills also are components of the program. A pre-test.post-test.control.group.desing was used with the training group consisted of 103 students and the control group consisted of 74 students. Both groups were.assessed.in terms of their conflict resolutions skills, emotion regulation skills, prosocial behavior skills and conduct problem level before and after the training. Results showed that, the training.program rised students'.constructive conflict.resolution skills, their emotion.regulation skills and their procosial behavior skills. Also, it decreased their conduct problem level. Keywords: conflict resolution training; emotion regulation; prosocial behavior; conduct problem; Western Thrace