Tanke - Handling - Konsekvens En kvalitativ studie kring elevers beteendeförändringar i samband med ARTträning

The purpose of this paper was, from a mainly youth perspective, to study how pupils experience ART training and also if they, their teachers and their ART trainer can notice any changes in the pupils behavior connected to ART. The main issues of the paper were: · How do the pupils find the ART training? · What changes in behavior connected to ART do the pupils experience? · What changes in the pupils behavior connected to ART do the teachers and the ART trainer experience? The research was based on a qualitative method with personal interviews. Apart from this I also used previous research. The results showed that the pupils were positive to ART and most of them found the training useful. They also thought that ART hade made them think in a different way and helped them to control their anger. The two teachers and the ART trainer found several changes in the pupil’s behavior such as better self confidence, better anger control and better coping abilities. Keywords: ART Anger management Social abilities Moral reasoning Aggressio