Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the interpersonal problem solving skills training on the adolescents’ constructive problem-solving skills and the level of trait anger. Pre-test posttest control group experimental research design was used. There were 13 subjects in the experiment group and 15 subjects in the control group. For the collection of data the Interpersonal Problem Solving Inventory and Trait Anger Scale were used. Mann Whitney U test was conducted to find the differences between the scores of the groups. The results showed that interpersonal problem solving skills training increased the level of the constructive problem solving skills of the adolescents in the experiment group and reduced the level of trait anger significantly.

Key words: Interpersonal Problem Solving, Constructive Problem-Solving and Trait Anger