Effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) in reduction of aggression in female students in Tehran

Dialectical behavior therapy techniques can be used as useful and effective method in reduction of many clinical symptoms. In this study, Efficacy of dialectical behavior therapy in reduction of aggression of female students in Tehran City is investigated. This study is in kind of empirical study with pretest posttest design with control group. Statistical population in this study consists of all high school female students of Tehran (n=674) educating during academic year of 2015-2016. First, cluster sampling is used and 4 schools are selected from schools of Tehran and from each couple of schools, 2 classrooms were selected and the students with high score in Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) were selected as sample. Then, 30 students were selected using random sampling method and were placed in two groups with 15 people in each group. At the end of intervention all the participants responded to post-test. Buss-Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) was instrument in this study. Data were analyzed by covariance in SPSS-18. DBT could significantly reduced aggression in girl adolescents and there is a meaningful difference between 2 groups (p